closure vs vapour lock

vapour lock vs closure

closure and vapour lock both are nouns.

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

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

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

closure: an obstruction in a pipe or tube
vapour 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, vapor lock.

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

Difference between closure and vapour lock

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