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flame-out vs power outage

power outage vs flame-out

flame-out and power outage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flame-out Yes No No No
power outage Yes No No No
As nouns, power outage is a hypernym of flame-out; that is, power outage is a word with a broader meaning than flame-out:
  • flame-out: the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion
  • power outage: equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
Other hypernyms of flame-out include power failure.
flame-out (noun) power outage (noun)
the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
a complete or conspicuous failure
Difference between flame-out and power outage

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