chair vs rocker

rocker vs chair

chair and rocker both are nouns.

chair is a verb but rocker is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chair	Yes	No	Yes	No
rocker	Yes	No	No	No

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

chair: a seat for one person, with a support for the back
rocker: a chair mounted on rockers

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, ladder-back chair, garden chair, lawn chair, rocking chair, side chair, straight chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, wheelchair, dental chair, voyeuse.

chair (noun)	rocker (noun)
the position of professor	a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
a seat for one person, with a support for the back	a chair mounted on rockers
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person	an ice skate with a curved blade
a particular seat in an orchestra	a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization	a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
	a performer or composer or fan of rock music
	an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

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

Difference between chair and rocker

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