belongings vs salvage

salvage vs belongings

belongings and salvage both are nouns.

belongings is not a verb while salvage is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
belongings	Yes	No	No	No
salvage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, salvage is a hyponym of belongings; that is, salvage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than belongings:

belongings: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
salvage: property or goods saved from damage or destruction

Other hyponyms of belongings include material possession, tangible possession, worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessions, ratables, rateables, hereditament, intellectual property, community property, personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property, things, immovable, real estate, real property, realty, commonage, landholding, shareholding, church property, spirituality, spiritualty, lease, letting, rental, trade-in, public property, wealth, estate, heirloom, stockholding, stockholdings, trust.

belongings (noun)	salvage (noun)
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone	the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
	the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
	property or goods saved from damage or destruction

belongings (verb)	salvage (verb)
	collect discarded material
	save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Difference between belongings and salvage

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