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box vs flat

flat vs box

box and flat both are nouns.

box is not an adjective while flat is an adjective.

box is a verb but flat is not a verb.

box is not an adverb while flat is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
box Yes No Yes No
flat Yes Yes No Yes
As nouns, flat is a hyponym of box; that is, flat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than box:
  • box: a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
  • flat: a shallow box in which seedlings are started
Other hyponyms of box include ballot box, bandbox, carton, casket, jewel casket, cereal box, chest, cigar box, casket, coffin, crate, hod, letter box, mailbox, matchbox, paintbox, pencil box, pencil case, play-box, playbox, alms box, mite box, poor box, pyxis, shadow box, shoebox, snuffbox, deedbox, strongbox, tinderbox, tuck box, window box.
box (noun) flat (noun)
a blow with the hand (usually on the ear) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people a deflated pneumatic tire
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance freight car without permanent sides or roof
the driver's seat on a coach a shallow box in which seedlings are started
any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
evergreen shrubs or small trees a level tract of land
the quantity contained in a box
a rectangular drawing
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
box (adjective) flat (adjective)
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
lacking contrast or shading between tones
not reflecting light; not glossy
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
horizontally level
commercially inactive
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
having lost effervescence
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
lacking taste or flavor or tang
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
not modified or restricted by reservations
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
box (verb) flat (verb)
hit with the fist
engage in a boxing match
put into a box
box (adverb) flat (adverb)
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
with flat sails
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