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blockage vs vapour lock

vapour lock vs blockage

blockage and vapour lock both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blockage Yes No No No
vapour lock Yes No No No
As nouns, vapour lock is a hyponym of blockage; that is, vapour lock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than blockage:
  • blockage: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
  • vapour 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, vapor lock.
blockage (noun) vapour 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 vapour lock

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