deposit vs depository library

depository library vs deposit

deposit and depository library both are nouns.

deposit is a verb but depository library is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deposit	Yes	No	Yes	No
depository library	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, depository library is a hyponym of deposit; that is, depository library is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deposit:

deposit: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
depository library: a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study

Other hyponyms of deposit include archive, bank, bank building, drop, library, lost-and-found, museum, repertory, sperm bank, depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse, treasury.

deposit (noun)	depository library (noun)
the act of putting something somewhere	a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
matter that has been deposited by some natural process
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

deposit (verb)	depository library (verb)
put, fix, force, or implant
put (something somewhere) firmly
put into a bank account

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