climb vs sputter

sputter vs climb

climb and sputter both are nouns.

climb and sputter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
climb	Yes	No	Yes	No
sputter	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, sputter is a hyponym of climb; that is, sputter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than climb:

climb: move with effort, by grasping
sputter: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Other hyponyms of climb include clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle.

climb (noun)	sputter (noun)
the act of climbing something	an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)	the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

climb (verb)	sputter (verb)
go up or advance	spit up in an explosive manner
increase in value or to a higher point	cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
improve one's social status	utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
go upward with gradual or continuous progress	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
move with effort, by grasping	make an explosive sound
slope upward

Difference between climb and sputter

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