butt vs barrel

butt and barrel both are nouns.

butt and barrel both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
butt	Yes	No	Yes	No
barrel	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, barrel is a hypernym of butt; that is, barrel is a word with a broader meaning than butt:

butt: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
barrel: a cylindrical container that holds liquids

Other hypernyms of butt include cask.

butt (noun)	barrel (noun)
thick end of the handle	a cylindrical container that holds liquids
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)	a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)	any of various units of capacity
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at	the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking	a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
a victim of ridicule or pranks
the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

butt (verb)	barrel (verb)
to strike, thrust or shove against	put in barrels
place end to end without overlapping
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

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