floor vs floorboard

floorboard vs floor

floor and floorboard both are nouns.

floor is a verb but floorboard is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
floor	Yes	No	Yes	No
floorboard	Yes	No	No	No

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

floor: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
floorboard: the floor of an automobile

Other hyponyms of floor include bell deck, dance floor, parquet, parquet floor, truck bed.

floor (noun)	floorboard (noun)
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)	a board in the floor
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale	the floor of an automobile
a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
the parliamentary right to address an assembly
a lower limit
the occupants of a floor
the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
the ground on which people and animals move about
the lower inside surface of any hollow structure

floor (verb)	floorboard (verb)
knock down with force
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

Difference between floor and floorboard

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