get the better of vs skunk

skunk vs get the better of

get the better of is not a noun while skunk is a noun.

get the better of and skunk both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get the better of	No	No	Yes	No
skunk	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, skunk is a hyponym of get the better of; that is, skunk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than get the better of:

get the better of: win a victory over
skunk: defeat by a lurch

Other hyponyms of get the better of include demolish, destroy, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish, wallop, down, overrun, lurch, expel, rout, rout out, upset, nose, conquer, come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive.

get the better of (noun)	skunk (noun)
	American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
	street names for marijuana
	a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

get the better of (verb)	skunk (verb)
win a victory over	defeat by a lurch

Difference between get the better of and skunk

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