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fisticuffs vs professional boxing

professional boxing vs fisticuffs

fisticuffs and professional boxing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fisticuffs Yes No No No
professional boxing Yes No No No
As nouns, professional boxing is a hyponym of fisticuffs; that is, professional boxing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fisticuffs:
  • fisticuffs: fighting with the fists
  • professional boxing: boxing for money
Other hyponyms of fisticuffs include infighting, fight, rope-a-dope, spar, sparring.
fisticuffs (noun) professional boxing (noun)
fighting with the fists boxing for money
a fight with bare fists
Difference between fisticuffs and professional boxing

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