firing vs artillery fire

artillery fire vs firing

firing and artillery fire both are nouns.

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

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

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
artillery fire: fire delivered by artillery

Other hyponyms of firing include antiaircraft fire, 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, cannon fire.

firing (noun)	artillery fire (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	fire delivered by artillery
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

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