hit the books vs bone up

hit the books and bone up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hit the books	No	No	Yes	No
bone up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bone up is a hyponym of hit the books; that is, bone up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hit the books:

hit the books: learn by reading books
bone up: study intensively, as before an exam

Other hyponyms of hit the books include con, learn, memorise, memorize, bone, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up.

hit the books (verb)	bone up (verb)
learn by reading books	study intensively, as before an exam

hit the books vs bone up

hit the books and bone up both are verbs.

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