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hammer vs beetle

beetle vs hammer

hammer and beetle both are nouns.

hammer is not an adjective while beetle is an adjective.

hammer and beetle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hammer Yes No Yes No
beetle Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, beetle is a hyponym of hammer; that is, beetle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hammer:
  • hammer: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
  • beetle: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
Other hyponyms of hammer include ball-peen hammer, bricklayer's hammer, carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer, mallet, maul, sledge, sledgehammer, percussor, plessor, plexor, tack hammer.
hammer (noun) beetle (noun)
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
a power tool for drilling rocks
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
the ossicle attached to the eardrum
hammer (adjective) beetle (adjective)
jutting or overhanging
hammer (verb) beetle (verb)
beat with or as if with a hammer beat with a beetle
create by hammering fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
be suspended over or hang over
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