four-wheel drive vs transmission

transmission vs four-wheel drive

four-wheel drive and transmission both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
four-wheel drive	Yes	No	No	No
transmission	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, transmission is a hypernym of four-wheel drive; that is, transmission is a word with a broader meaning than four-wheel drive:

four-wheel drive: a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
transmission: the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

Other hypernyms of four-wheel drive include transmission system.

four-wheel drive (noun)	transmission (noun)
a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle	the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system	the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
	communication by means of transmitted signals
	an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
	the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Difference between four-wheel drive and transmission

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