grinder vs pepper grinder

pepper grinder vs grinder

grinder and pepper grinder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grinder	Yes	No	No	No
pepper grinder	Yes	No	No	No

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

grinder: machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
pepper grinder: a mill for grinding pepper

Other hyponyms of grinder include cider mill, coffee grinder, coffee mill, flour mill, gristmill, meat grinder, pepper mill, quern, spicemill, tread-wheel, treadmill, treadwheel, water mill, windmill.

grinder (noun)	pepper grinder (noun)
a machine tool that polishes metal	a mill for grinding pepper
machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

Difference between grinder and pepper grinder

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