fissure vs vent

vent vs fissure

fissure and vent both are nouns.

fissure and vent both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fissure	Yes	No	Yes	No
vent	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

fissure: a long narrow cleft
vent: a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

Other hyponyms of fissure include chap, chink, crevasse, fatigue crack, break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift, rift, slit, split, volcano.

fissure (noun)	vent (noun)
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes	activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
a long narrow cleft	external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
a long narrow depression in a surface	a hole for the escape of gas or air
	a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
	a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

fissure (verb)	vent (verb)
break into fissures or fine cracks	expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
	give expression or utterance to

Difference between fissure and vent

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