gladiator vs lightweight

lightweight vs gladiator

gladiator and lightweight both are nouns.

gladiator is not an adjective while lightweight is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gladiator	Yes	No	No	No
lightweight	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

gladiator: a professional boxer
lightweight: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds

Other hyponyms of gladiator include featherweight, heavyweight, cruiserweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight.

gladiator (noun)	lightweight (noun)
(ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat	A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division.
a professional boxer	a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
	a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
	someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
	an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds

gladiator (adjective)	lightweight (adjective)
	weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
	having no importance or influence

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