closure vs vapor lock

vapor lock vs closure

closure and vapor lock both are nouns.

closure is a verb but vapor lock is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
closure	Yes	No	Yes	No
vapor lock	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vapor lock is a hyponym of closure; that is, vapor lock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than closure:

closure: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
vapor lock: a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)

Other hyponyms of closure include breech closer, breechblock, plug, stopper, stopple, vapour lock.

closure (noun)	vapor lock (noun)
termination of operations	a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
the act of blocking
approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

closure (verb)	vapor lock (verb)
terminate debate by calling for a vote

Difference between closure and vapor lock

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