emit vs sputter

sputter vs emit

emit is not a noun while sputter is a noun.

emit and sputter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
emit	No	No	Yes	No
sputter	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

emit: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
sputter: utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

Other hyponyms of emit include call, gibber, crow, crow, trumpet, coo, call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell, miaou, miaow, tsk, tut-tut, tut, echo, repeat, call, shoot, gurgle, cry, nasale, bite out, sigh, troat, lift, pant, volley, break into, heave, chorus, splutter, deliver, hoot, grunt, wolf-whistle, snort, spit, spit out, groan, moan, growl, grumble, rumble, howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl, bark, baa, blat, blate, bleat, bellow, roar, cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep, churr, whirr, chirr, meow, mew, quack, hoot, cronk, honk, hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz, sibilate, bray, hee-haw, oink, squeal, clack, click, cluck, low, moo, cackle, gobble, neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny, gargle, caw, mew, haw, hem, croak, cronk, sing, smack, give.

emit (noun)	sputter (noun)
	an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
	the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

emit (verb)	sputter (verb)
expel (gases or odors)	spit up in an explosive manner
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)	cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.	utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
	make an explosive sound

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