gear vs third gear

third gear vs gear

gear and third gear both are nouns.

gear is a verb but third gear is not a verb.

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

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

gear: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
third gear: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

Other hyponyms of gear include first, first gear, low, low gear, gearset, high, high gear, park, reverse, reverse gear, second, second gear, steering gear, third, transmission, transmission system.

gear (noun)	third gear (noun)
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion	the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
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)	third gear (verb)
set the level or character of

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