boot vs punting

punting vs boot

boot and punting both are nouns.

boot is a verb but punting is not a verb.

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

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

boot: the act of delivering a blow with the foot
punting: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

Other hyponyms of boot include goal-kick, goal-kick, punt, place-kicking, place kick, dropkick.

boot (noun)	punting (noun)
the act of delivering a blow with the foot	(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
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)	punting (verb)
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
kick; give a boot to

Difference between boot and punting

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