chain-smoke vs smoke

smoke vs chain-smoke

chain-smoke is not a noun while smoke is a noun.

chain-smoke and smoke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chain-smoke	No	No	Yes	No
smoke	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, smoke is a hypernym of chain-smoke; that is, smoke is a word with a broader meaning than chain-smoke:

chain-smoke: smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
smoke: inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

chain-smoke (noun)	smoke (noun)
	the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
	(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
	tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
	street names for marijuana
	something with no concrete substance
	an indication of some hidden activity
	a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
	a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

chain-smoke (verb)	smoke (verb)
smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one	inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
	emit a cloud of fine particles

Difference between chain-smoke and smoke

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