building material vs brick

brick vs building material

building material and brick both are nouns.

building material is not a verb while brick is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
building material	Yes	No	No	No
brick	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, brick is a hyponym of building material; that is, brick is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than building material:

building material: material used for constructing buildings
brick: rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

Other hyponyms of building material include building block, stone, bricks and mortar, cement, concrete, covering material, fencing, fencing material, flooring, gunite, insulant, insulation, lath and plaster, lumber, timber, mortar, roofing material, shake, shingle, siding, staff, sticks and stone, wattle and daub.

building material (noun)	brick (noun)
material used for constructing buildings	rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
	a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

building material (verb)	brick (verb)
	To stop working (of an electronic device)

Difference between building material and brick

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