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boulder vs glacial boulder

glacial boulder vs boulder

boulder and glacial boulder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
boulder Yes No No No
glacial boulder Yes No No No
As nouns, glacial boulder is a hyponym of boulder; that is, glacial boulder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boulder:
  • boulder: a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
  • glacial boulder: a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin
Other hyponyms of boulder include river boulder, shore boulder.
boulder (noun) glacial boulder (noun)
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin
Difference between boulder and glacial boulder

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