firing vs harassing fire

harassing fire vs firing

firing and harassing fire both are nouns.

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

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

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
harassing fire: fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale

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, 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)	harassing fire (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale
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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