child's game vs mumble-the-peg

mumble-the-peg vs child's game

child's game and mumble-the-peg both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
child's game	Yes	No	No	No
mumble-the-peg	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mumble-the-peg is a hyponym of child's game; that is, mumble-the-peg is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than child's game:

child's game: a game enjoyed by children
mumble-the-peg: a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground

Other hyponyms of child's game include blindman's bluff, blindman's buff, cat and mouse, cat and rat, cat's cradle, hide-and-seek, hide and go seek, hopscotch, jacks, jackstones, knucklebones, jackstraws, spillikins, jump rope, leapfrog, marbles, mumblety-peg, going to Jerusalem, musical chairs, bopeep, peekaboo, pillow fight, post office, spin the bottle, spin the plate, spin the platter, tag, tiddlywinks.

child's game (noun)	mumble-the-peg (noun)
a game enjoyed by children	a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground

Difference between child's game and mumble-the-peg

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