firing vs battery

battery vs firing

firing and battery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
firing	Yes	No	No	No
battery	Yes	No	No	No

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

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
battery: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

Other hyponyms of firing include antiaircraft fire, barrage, barrage fire, 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)	battery (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)	the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
the act of discharging a gun	a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy	a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
	a collection of related things intended for use together
	group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
	a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher

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