gage vs petrol gauge

gage and petrol gauge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gage	Yes	No	Yes	No
petrol gauge	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, petrol gauge is a hyponym of gage; that is, petrol gauge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gage:

gage: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
petrol gauge: gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle

gage (noun)	petrol gauge (noun)
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.	gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle
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gage (verb)	petrol gauge (verb)
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