firing vs bombardment

bombardment vs firing

firing and bombardment both are nouns.

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

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

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
bombardment: 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, battery, 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)	bombardment (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)	an attack by dropping bombs
the act of discharging a gun	the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy	the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

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