digression vs substance

substance vs digression

digression and substance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
digression	Yes	No	No	No
substance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, substance is a hypernym of digression; that is, substance is a word with a broader meaning than digression:

digression: a message that departs from the main subject
substance: content communicating a message; what something is about

Other hypernyms of digression include content, message, subject matter.

digression (noun)	substance (noun)
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)	the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
wandering from the main path of a journey	a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
a message that departs from the main subject	the property of holding together and retaining its shape
	the idea that is intended
	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
	content communicating a message; what something is about
	considerable capital (wealth or income)
	material of a particular kind or constitution

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