hole vs kettle

hole and kettle both are nouns.

hole is a verb but kettle is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hole	Yes	No	Yes	No
kettle	Yes	No	No	No

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

hole: a depression hollowed out of solid matter
kettle: (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

Other hyponyms of hole include burrow, tunnel, gopher hole, kettle hole, cavity, pit, chuckhole, pothole, rabbit burrow, rabbit hole, wormhole.

hole (noun)	kettle (noun)
an opening deliberately made in or through something	a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course	a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
informal terms for the mouth	(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
an opening into or through something	the quantity a kettle will hold
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
an unoccupied space
informal terms for a difficult situation
a fault

hole (verb)	kettle (verb)
make holes in
hit the ball into the hole

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