carriage vs trap

trap vs carriage

carriage and trap both are nouns.

carriage is not a verb while trap is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carriage	Yes	No	No	No
trap	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

carriage: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
trap: a light two-wheeled carriage

Other hyponyms of carriage include barouche, brougham, buckboard, buggy, roadster, cab, cabriolet, caroche, chaise, shay, chariot, clarence, coach-and-four, coach, four-in-hand, droshky, drosky, gharry, gig, hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach, hansom, hansom cab, landau, post chaise, stanhope, surrey, troika.

carriage (noun)	trap (noun)
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses	the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
a railcar where passengers ride	a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
a machine part that carries something else	a light two-wheeled carriage
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around	a hazard on a golf course
characteristic way of bearing one's body	a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
	drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
	informal terms for the mouth
	something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

carriage (verb)	trap (verb)
	catch in or as if in a trap
	hold or catch as if in a trap
	to hold fast or prevent from moving
	to sell marijuana on a street corner
	place in a confining or embarrassing position

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