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blowback vs action

action vs blowback

blowback and action both are nouns.

blowback is not a verb while action is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blowback Yes No No No
action Yes No Yes No
As nouns, action is a hypernym of blowback; that is, action is a word with a broader meaning than blowback:
  • blowback: Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.
  • action: In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
blowback (noun) action (noun)
Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired something done (usually as opposed to something said)
a military engagement
an act by a government body or supranational organization
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
the series of events that form a plot
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active
blowback (verb) action (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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