boot vs jackboot

jackboot vs boot

boot and jackboot both are nouns.

boot is a verb but jackboot is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boot	Yes	No	Yes	No
jackboot	Yes	No	No	No

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

boot: footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
jackboot: (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot

Other hyponyms of boot include buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot, cowboy boot, hessian, Hessian boot, Wellington, Wellington boot, hip boot, thigh boot, riding boot, gum boot, rubber boot, ski boot, ankle boot, combat boot.

boot (noun)	jackboot (noun)
the act of delivering a blow with the foot	(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
protective casing for something that resembles a leg
the swift release of a store of affective force

boot (verb)	jackboot (verb)
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
kick; give a boot to

Difference between boot and jackboot

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