hit vs bring home the bacon

bring home the bacon vs hit

hit is a noun but bring home the bacon is not a noun.

hit and bring home the bacon both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hit	Yes	No	Yes	No
bring home the bacon	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bring home the bacon is a hypernym of hit; that is, bring home the bacon is a word with a broader meaning than hit:

hit: hit the intended target or goal
bring home the bacon: attain success or reach a desired goal

Other hypernyms of hit include come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win.

hit (noun)	bring home the bacon (noun)
the act of contacting one thing with another
a conspicuous success
(baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
a connection made via the internet to another website
a dose of a narcotic drug
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

hit (verb)	bring home the bacon (verb)
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to	supply means of subsistence; earn a living
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target	attain success or reach a desired goal
hit with a missile from a weapon
hit the intended target or goal
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
hit against; come into sudden contact with
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
cause to move by striking
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
reach a destination, either real or abstract
drive something violently into a location
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
cause to experience suddenly
encounter by chance
kill intentionally and with premeditation

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