gladiator vs welterweight

welterweight vs gladiator

gladiator and welterweight both are nouns.

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

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

gladiator: a professional boxer
welterweight: a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds

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

gladiator (noun)	welterweight (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 lightweight division and lighter than those in the middleweight division.
a professional boxer	a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
	a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
	an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
	a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)

Difference between gladiator and welterweight

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