gear mechanism vs transmission

transmission vs gear mechanism

gear mechanism and transmission both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gear mechanism	Yes	No	No	No
transmission	Yes	No	No	No

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

gear mechanism: a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
transmission: the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

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

gear mechanism (noun)	transmission (noun)
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)	the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
	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 gear mechanism and transmission

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