doubleton vs brace

brace vs doubleton

doubleton and brace both are nouns.

doubleton is not a verb while brace is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
doubleton	Yes	No	No	No
brace	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, brace is a hypernym of doubleton; that is, brace is a word with a broader meaning than doubleton:

doubleton: (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
brace: two items of the same kind

Other hypernyms of doubleton include couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke.

doubleton (noun)	brace (noun)
(bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player	a structural member used to stiffen a framework
	a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
	an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
	a support that steadies or strengthens something else
	elastic straps that hold trousers up
	a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
	either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
	a set of two similar things considered as a unit
	two items of the same kind

doubleton (verb)	brace (verb)
	cause to be alert and energetic
	support by bracing
	support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
	prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

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