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cardboard vs packing material

packing material vs cardboard

cardboard and packing material both are nouns.

cardboard is an adjective but packing material is not an adjective.

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

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