brace vs dental appliance

dental appliance vs brace

brace and dental appliance both are nouns.

brace is a verb but dental appliance is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brace	Yes	No	Yes	No
dental appliance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dental appliance is a hypernym of brace; that is, dental appliance is a word with a broader meaning than brace:

brace: an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
dental appliance: a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth

brace (noun)	dental appliance (noun)
a structural member used to stiffen a framework	a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
a support that steadies or strengthens something else
elastic straps that hold trousers up
a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
two items of the same kind

brace (verb)	dental appliance (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic
support by bracing
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

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