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boot camp vs camp

camp vs boot camp

boot camp and camp both are nouns.

boot camp is not an adjective while camp is an adjective.

boot camp is not a verb while camp is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
boot camp Yes No No No
camp Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, camp is a hypernym of boot camp; that is, camp is a word with a broader meaning than boot camp:
  • boot camp: camp for training military recruits
  • camp: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Other hypernyms of boot camp include bivouac, cantonment, encampment.
boot camp (noun) camp (noun)
camp for training military recruits temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
a penal institution (often for forced labor)
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
a group of people living together in a camp
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
boot camp (adjective) camp (adjective)
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
boot camp (verb) camp (verb)
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
establish or set up a camp
live in or as if in a tent
Difference between boot camp and camp

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