chair vs ladder-back chair

ladder-back chair vs chair

chair and ladder-back chair both are nouns.

chair is a verb but ladder-back chair is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chair	Yes	No	Yes	No
ladder-back chair	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ladder-back chair is a hyponym of chair; that is, ladder-back chair is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chair:

chair: a seat for one person, with a support for the back
ladder-back chair: a chair with a ladder-back

Other hyponyms of chair include armchair, barber chair, chair of state, chaise, chaise longue, daybed, Eames chair, fighting chair, folding chair, feeding chair, highchair, ladder-back, garden chair, lawn chair, rocker, rocking chair, side chair, straight chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, wheelchair, dental chair, voyeuse.

chair (noun)	ladder-back chair (noun)
the position of professor	a chair with a ladder-back
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
a particular seat in an orchestra
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

chair (verb)	ladder-back chair (verb)
preside over
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

Difference between chair and ladder-back chair

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