building material vs cement

cement vs building material

building material and cement both are nouns.

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

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

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

building material: material used for constructing buildings
cement: a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

Other hyponyms of building material include brick, building block, stone, bricks and mortar, 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)	cement (noun)
material used for constructing buildings	a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
	a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
	something that hardens to act as adhesive material
	concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
	any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

building material (verb)	cement (verb)
	bind or join with or as if with cement
	make fast as if with cement
	cover or coat with cement

Difference between building material and cement

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.