cough vs clear the throat

cough is a noun but clear the throat is not a noun.

cough and clear the throat both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cough	Yes	No	Yes	No
clear the throat	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, clear the throat is a hyponym of cough; that is, clear the throat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cough:

cough: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
clear the throat: clear mucus or food from one's throat

Other hyponyms of cough include hack, whoop, hawk.

cough (noun)	clear the throat (noun)
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

cough (verb)	clear the throat (verb)
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion	clear mucus or food from one's throat

cough vs clear the throat

cough is a noun but clear the throat is not a noun.

cough and clear the throat both are verbs.

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