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cardboard vs packing

packing vs cardboard

cardboard and packing both are nouns.

cardboard is an adjective but packing is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cardboard Yes Yes No No
packing Yes No No No
As nouns, packing is a hypernym of cardboard; that is, packing is a word with a broader meaning than cardboard:
  • cardboard: a stiff moderately thick paper
  • packing: any material used especially to protect something
Other hypernyms of cardboard include paper, packing material, wadding.
cardboard (noun) packing (noun)
a stiff moderately thick paper the enclosure of something in a package or box
carrying something in a pack on the back
any material used especially to protect something
cardboard (adjective) packing (adjective)
without substance
Difference between cardboard and packing

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