firing vs friendly fire

friendly fire vs firing

firing and friendly fire both are nouns.

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

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

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
friendly fire: fire that injures or kills an ally

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, 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)	friendly fire (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	fire that injures or kills an ally
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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