car vs caboose

car and caboose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
car	Yes	No	No	No
caboose	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, caboose is a hyponym of car; that is, caboose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than car:

car: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
caboose: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train

Other hyponyms of car include baggage car, luggage van, cabin car, club car, lounge car, freight car, guard's van, handcar, mail car, carriage, coach, passenger car, slip carriage, slip coach, tender, van, bilevel car, bilevel rail car, bilevel railcar, double-deck carriage, double-deck rail car, double-deck railcar.

car (noun)	caboose (noun)
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine	a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad	the area for food preparation on a ship
where passengers ride up and down
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

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