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dumbwaiter vs elevator

elevator vs dumbwaiter

dumbwaiter and elevator both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dumbwaiter Yes No No No
elevator Yes No No No
As nouns, elevator is a hypernym of dumbwaiter; that is, elevator is a word with a broader meaning than dumbwaiter:
  • dumbwaiter: a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
  • elevator: lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
Other hypernyms of dumbwaiter include lift.
dumbwaiter (noun) elevator (noun)
a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
Difference between dumbwaiter and elevator

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