carrier vs luggage carrier

luggage carrier vs carrier

carrier and luggage carrier both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carrier	Yes	No	No	No
luggage carrier	Yes	No	No	No

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

carrier: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
luggage carrier: carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage

Other hyponyms of carrier include bomb rack, luggage rack, roof rack, ski rack.

carrier (noun)	luggage carrier (noun)
(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring	carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
a boy who delivers newspapers
a man who delivers the mail
someone whose employment involves carrying something
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

Difference between carrier and luggage carrier

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