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container vs cylinder

cylinder vs container

container and cylinder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
container Yes No No No
cylinder Yes No No No
As nouns, cylinder is a hyponym of container; that is, cylinder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than container:
  • container: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  • cylinder: a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
container (noun) cylinder (noun)
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
a chamber within which piston moves
a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
Difference between container and cylinder

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