cough vs hack

cough and hack both are nouns.

cough and hack both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cough	Yes	No	Yes	No
hack	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

cough: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
hack: cough spasmodically

Other hyponyms of cough include whoop, clear the throat, hawk.

cough (noun)	hack (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	a horse kept for hire
	an old or over-worked horse
	a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
	a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
	a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
	one who works hard at boring tasks
	a mediocre and disdained writer
	a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

cough (verb)	hack (verb)
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion	cough spasmodically
	significantly cut up a manuscript
	fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
	kick on the shins
	kick on the arms
	cut away
	cut with a hacking tool
	be able to manage or manage successfully

Difference between cough and hack

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