fuel vs nuclear fuel

nuclear fuel vs fuel

fuel and nuclear fuel both are nouns.

fuel is a verb but nuclear fuel is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fuel	Yes	No	Yes	No
nuclear fuel	Yes	No	No	No

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

fuel: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
nuclear fuel: fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity

Other hyponyms of fuel include biomass, butane, charcoal, wood coal, coal gas, coke, diesel fuel, diesel oil, fire, fossil fuel, fuel oil, heating oil, gasohol, gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol, illuminant, coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit, propane, red fire, combustible, combustible material, water gas, firewood, igniter, ignitor, lighter, semicoke, smoker fuel.

fuel (noun)	nuclear fuel (noun)
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy	fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity

fuel (verb)	nuclear fuel (verb)
stimulate
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
provide with fuel
take in fuel, as of a ship

Difference between fuel and nuclear fuel

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