fingerprint vs smear

smear vs fingerprint

fingerprint and smear both are nouns.

fingerprint and smear both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fingerprint	Yes	No	Yes	No
smear	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, smear is a hypernym of fingerprint; that is, smear is a word with a broader meaning than fingerprint:

fingerprint: a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
smear: a blemish made by dirt

Other hypernyms of fingerprint include blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot.

fingerprint (noun)	smear (noun)
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger	an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
a generic term for any identifying characteristic	a blemish made by dirt
a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations	a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
	slanderous defamation

fingerprint (verb)	smear (verb)
take an impression of a person's fingerprints	charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
	make a smudge on; soil by smudging
	stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
	cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

Difference between fingerprint and smear

Words related to "fingerprint"

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