deprive vs dock

dock vs deprive

deprive is not a noun while dock is a noun.

deprive and dock both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deprive	No	No	Yes	No
dock	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

deprive: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
dock: deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

Other hyponyms of deprive include ablactate, wean, famish, starve, starve, tongue-tie, bilk, disinherit, disown, impoverish, disenfranchise, disfranchise.

deprive (noun)	dock (noun)
	the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
	a short or shortened tail of certain animals
	landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
	a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
	an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
	a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
	any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

deprive (verb)	dock (verb)
take away	maneuver into a dock
keep from having, keeping, or obtaining	remove or shorten the tail of an animal
take away possessions from someone	come into dock
	deduct from someone's wages
	deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

Difference between deprive and dock

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