flash vs race
race vs flashflash and race both are nouns.
flash is an adjective but race is not an adjective.
flash and race both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| race | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
race is a hypernym of
flash; that is, race is a
word with a broader meaning than flash:
- flash: run or move very quickly or hastily
- race: move hurridly
Other hypernyms of flash include
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it.
| flash (noun) | race (noun) |
|---|---|
| a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | a canal for a current of water |
| a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | a contest of speed |
| a momentary brightness | any competition |
| a sudden brilliant understanding | people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock |
| a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species |
| a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller |
| a gaudy outward display | |
| a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| a short vivid experience | |
| a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| flash (adjective) | race (adjective) |
|---|---|
| tastelessly showy |
| flash (verb) | race (verb) |
|---|---|
| appear briefly | compete in a race |
| emit a brief burst of light | move hurridly |
| make known or cause to appear with great speed | cause to move fast or to rush or race |
| protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others |
| run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| gleam or glow intermittently | |
| display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
| expose or show briefly |
Words related to "flash"
- Bengal light
- New York minute
- Very light
- Very-light
- appear
- belt along
- bit
- blink
- blink of an eye
- bluster
- brainstorm
- brainwave
- brassy
- bravado
- brightness
- buck
- bucket along
- bulletin
- cannonball along
- charge
- cheap
- convey
- coruscation
- cover
- dart
- dash
- display
- exhibit
- exhibitionism
- experience
- expose
- fanfare
- flare
- flash back
- flash bulb
- flash camera
- flash lamp
- flashbulb
- flasher
- flashgun
- flashing
- flashy
- flaunt
- flex
- flick
- flicker
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- gleam
- gleaming
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- happening
- hasten
- heartbeat
- heat flash
- hie
- hotfoot
- insight
- instant
- jiffy
- lamp
- lightning
- loud
- meretricious
- minute
- mo
- moment
- natural event
- news bulletin
- newsbreak
- newsflash
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ostentate
- ostentation
- patch
- pedantry
- pelt along
- photoflash
- photographic equipment
- plunge
- race
- radiate
- ritz
- rush
- rush along
- scoot
- scud
- second
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- show off
- spark
- sparkle
- speed
- split second
- splurge
- star shell
- step on it
- streak
- swank
- tacky
- tasteless
- tatty
- tawdry
- tear
- trashy
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- visual signal
- wink
- winkle
Words related to "race"
- Amerindian race
- Black race
- Caucasian race
- Caucasoid race
- Herrenvolk
- Mongolian race
- Mongoloid race
- Negro race
- Negroid race
- White people
- White race
- Yellow race
- act
- airstream
- arms race
- auto race
- automobile race
- backwash
- barge
- belt along
- bicycle race
- bike race
- biological science
- biology
- boat race
- boat-race
- buck
- bucket along
- burnup
- bustle
- bustle about
- campaign
- canal
- cannonball along
- car race
- charge
- chariot race
- compete
- competition
- contend
- contest
- cross country
- dart
- dash
- displace
- dog racing
- flash
- flow
- foot race
- footrace
- freestyle
- go
- group
- grouping
- hasten
- heat
- hie
- horse race
- horse-race
- hotfoot
- hustle
- locomote
- master race
- move
- pelt along
- people of color
- people of colour
- place
- political campaign
- potato race
- push forward
- racer
- raceway
- racial
- racing
- racy
- relay
- relay race
- repechage
- run
- rush
- rush along
- sack race
- scoot
- scratch race
- scud
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- ski race
- skiing race
- slipstream
- speed
- speed skate
- stampede
- step on it
- subspecies
- taxon
- taxonomic category
- taxonomic group
- tear
- thrust ahead
- travel
- vie
- wash
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