fishing tackle vs gear

gear vs fishing tackle

fishing tackle and gear both are nouns.

fishing tackle is not a verb while gear is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fishing tackle	Yes	No	No	No
gear	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gear is a hypernym of fishing tackle; that is, gear is a word with a broader meaning than fishing tackle:

fishing tackle: gear used in fishing
gear: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Other hypernyms of fishing tackle include appurtenance, paraphernalia.

fishing tackle (noun)	gear (noun)
gear used in fishing	a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
	equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
	wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
	a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

fishing tackle (verb)	gear (verb)
	set the level or character of

Difference between fishing tackle and gear

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