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container vs reliquary

reliquary vs container

container and reliquary both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
container Yes No No No
reliquary Yes No No No
As nouns, reliquary is a hyponym of container; that is, reliquary 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)
  • reliquary: a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
container (noun) reliquary (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 container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
Difference between container and reliquary

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