firing vs antiaircraft fire

antiaircraft fire vs firing

firing and antiaircraft fire both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
firing	Yes	No	No	No
antiaircraft fire	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, antiaircraft fire is a hyponym of firing; that is, antiaircraft fire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than firing:

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
antiaircraft fire: firing at enemy aircraft

Other hyponyms of firing include barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling, broadside, burst, fusillade, salvo, volley, call fire, cover, covering fire, concentrated fire, massed fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, fratricide, friendly fire, hostile fire, grazing fire, harassing fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, scheduled fire, searching fire, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire, artillery fire, cannon fire.

firing (noun)	antiaircraft fire (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	firing at enemy aircraft
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
the act of discharging a gun
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

Difference between firing and antiaircraft fire

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