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blockage vs vapor lock

vapor lock vs blockage

blockage and vapor lock both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blockage Yes No No No
vapor lock Yes No No No
As nouns, vapor lock is a hyponym of blockage; that is, vapor lock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than blockage:
  • blockage: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
  • vapor lock: a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
Other hyponyms of blockage include breech closer, breechblock, plug, stopper, stopple, vapour lock.
blockage (noun) vapor lock (noun)
the act of blocking a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
Difference between blockage and vapor lock

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