broadside vs fire
fire vs broadsidebroadside and fire both are nouns.
broadside is an adjective but fire is not an adjective.
broadside and fire both are verbs.
broadside is an adverb but fire is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| broadside | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| fire | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
fire is a hypernym of
broadside; that is, fire is a
word with a broader meaning than broadside:
- broadside: the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- fire: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
Other hypernyms of broadside include
firing.
| broadside (noun) | fire (noun) |
|---|---|
| the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy |
| the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern | a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning |
| all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship | intense adverse criticism |
| an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | the event of something burning (often destructive) |
| a speech of violent denunciation | a severe trial |
| feelings of great warmth and intensity | |
| the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | |
| fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | |
| once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile |
| broadside (adjective) | fire (adjective) |
|---|---|
| toward a full side |
| broadside (verb) | fire (verb) |
|---|---|
| collide with the broad side of | bake in a kiln so as to harden |
| destroy by fire | |
| start or maintain a fire in | |
| become ignited | |
| cause to go off | |
| start firing a weapon | |
| go off or discharge | |
| generate an electrical impulse | |
| call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | |
| drive out or away by or as if by fire | |
| provide with fuel | |
| terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position |
| broadside (adverb) | fire (adverb) |
|---|---|
| with a side facing an object |
Words related to "broadside"
Words related to "fire"
- anger
- antiaircraft fire
- archaicism
- archaism
- ardor
- ardour
- arouse
- artillery fire
- ask for
- attack
- backfire
- bake
- balefire
- barrage
- barrage fire
- battery
- blast
- blaze
- blazing
- bombardment
- bonfire
- broadside
- bruise
- brush fire
- burn
- burn down
- burning
- burst
- call fire
- campfire
- can
- cannon fire
- chase away
- clean out
- combust
- combustion
- concentrated fire
- conflagration
- cookery
- cookfire
- cooking
- counterfire
- counterpreparation fire
- cover
- covering fire
- create
- cremate
- criticism
- crossfire
- destroy
- destruction fire
- direct fire
- discharge
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- dismiss
- dispel
- displace
- distributed fire
- draw
- drive away
- drive off
- drive out
- drop
- element
- elicit
- enamel
- enkindle
- evoke
- excite
- fervency
- fervidness
- fervor
- fervour
- fiery
- fire
- fire up
- fireplace
- firing
- flack
- flak
- flame
- flame up
- flaming
- flare
- force out
- forest fire
- fratricide
- friendly fire
- fuel
- furlough
- furnish
- fusillade
- generate
- give notice
- give the axe
- give the sack
- go off
- grassfire
- grazing fire
- happening
- harassing fire
- hearth
- heat
- hire
- hostile fire
- hurt
- ignite
- ignition
- incinerate
- indirect fire
- infatuate
- inferno
- inflame
- injure
- interdiction fire
- interest
- invite
- kindle
- lay off
- let drive
- let fly
- light
- loose off
- make
- massed fire
- natural event
- neutralization fire
- observed fire
- occurrence
- occurrent
- offend
- offer
- onrush
- onset
- onslaught
- open fire
- open fireplace
- overcome
- overpower
- overtake
- overwhelm
- passion
- passionateness
- pension off
- physiology
- pop
- prairie fire
- preparation
- preparation fire
- prick
- provide
- provoke
- radar fire
- raise
- registration fire
- rekindle
- remove
- render
- retire
- ruin
- run off
- sack
- salvo
- scheduled fire
- scorch
- searching fire
- send away
- send packing
- shake
- shake up
- shame
- shelling
- shoot
- smolder
- smoulder
- smudge
- spite
- squeeze out
- stimulate
- stir
- stir up
- strike a chord
- supply
- supporting fire
- suppressive fire
- sweep over
- terminate
- torch
- touch a chord
- trial
- tribulation
- trigger
- turn back
- unfavorable judgment
- unobserved fire
- untune
- upset
- visitation
- volley
- wake
- whelm
- wound
- zeal
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