building material vs staff

staff vs building material

building material and staff both are nouns.

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

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

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

building material: material used for constructing buildings
staff: building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

Other hyponyms of building material include brick, 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, sticks and stone, wattle and daub.

building material (noun)	staff (noun)
material used for constructing buildings	a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
	(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
	a rod carried as a symbol
	the body of teachers and administrators at a school
	personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
	building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

building material (verb)	staff (verb)
	provide with staff
	serve on the staff of

Difference between building material and staff

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