class-action suit vs cause

cause vs class-action suit

class-action suit and cause both are nouns.

class-action suit is not a verb while cause is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
class-action suit	Yes	No	No	No
cause	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cause is a hypernym of class-action suit; that is, cause is a word with a broader meaning than class-action suit:

class-action suit: a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group
cause: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

Other hypernyms of class-action suit include case, causa, lawsuit, suit.

class-action suit (noun)	cause (noun)
a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group	any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
	a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
	a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
	a justification for something existing or happening
	events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

class-action suit (verb)	cause (verb)
	cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
	give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

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