gear vs spur gear

spur gear vs gear

gear and spur gear both are nouns.

gear is a verb but spur gear is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gear	Yes	No	Yes	No
spur gear	Yes	No	No	No

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

gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
spur gear: gear wheels that mesh in the same plane

Other hyponyms of gear include bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear, escape wheel, pinion, epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear, rack and pinion, spur wheel, sun gear, worm gear, worm wheel.

gear (noun)	spur gear (noun)
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion	gear wheels that mesh in the same plane
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

gear (verb)	spur gear (verb)
set the level or character of

Difference between gear and spur gear

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