foundation vs bed

bed vs foundation

foundation and bed both are nouns.

foundation is not a verb while bed is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foundation	Yes	No	No	No
bed	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

foundation: lowest support of a structure
bed: a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

Other hyponyms of foundation include mat, raft, raft foundation.

foundation (noun)	bed (noun)
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new	a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
lowest support of a structure	a plot of ground in which plants are growing
a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body	a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained	the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge	single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
an institution supported by an endowment	a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
the basis on which something is grounded	a depression forming the ground under a body of water
	(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

foundation (verb)	bed (verb)
	prepare for sleep
	have sexual intercourse with
	put to bed
	place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
	furnish with a bed

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