firing vs supporting fire

supporting fire vs firing

firing and supporting fire both are nouns.

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

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

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
supporting fire: fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat

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, suppressive fire, unobserved fire, artillery fire, cannon fire.

firing (noun)	supporting fire (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat
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

Difference between firing and supporting fire

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