carpet vs runner

runner vs carpet

carpet and runner both are nouns.

carpet is a verb but runner is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carpet	Yes	No	Yes	No
runner	Yes	No	No	No

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

carpet: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
runner: a long narrow carpet

Other hyponyms of carpet include broadloom, Brussels carpet, drugget, flying carpet, hearthrug, Kurdistan, nammad, numdah, numdah rug, prayer mat, prayer rug, red carpet, scatter rug, throw rug, shag rug, stair-carpet, Wilton, Wilton carpet.

carpet (noun)	runner (noun)
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)	fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet	device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
	a long narrow carpet
	a trained athlete who competes in foot races
	someone who imports or exports without paying duties
	a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
	someone who travels on foot by running
	a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
	(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

carpet (verb)	runner (verb)
cover with a carpet
cover completely, as if with a carpet
form a carpet-like cover (over)

Difference between carpet and runner

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