egg vs nit

egg and nit both are nouns.

egg is a verb but nit is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
egg	Yes	No	Yes	No
nit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nit is a hyponym of egg; that is, nit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than egg:

egg: animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
nit: egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing

Other hyponyms of egg include spawn, roe, silkworm seed, roe.

egg (noun)	nit (noun)
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds	egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens	a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

egg (verb)	nit (verb)
coat with beaten egg
throw eggs at

Difference between egg and nit

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.