hollow vs kettle

kettle vs hollow

hollow and kettle both are nouns.

hollow is an adjective but kettle is not an adjective.

hollow is a verb but kettle is not a verb.

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

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

hollow: 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 hollow include burrow, tunnel, gopher hole, kettle hole, cavity, pit, chuckhole, pothole, rabbit burrow, rabbit hole, wormhole.

hollow (noun)	kettle (noun)
a depression hollowed out of solid matter	a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
a small valley between mountains	a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
a cavity or space in something	(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
	the quantity a kettle will hold

hollow (adjective)	kettle (adjective)
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
lacking in substance or character
devoid of significance or force
as if echoing in a hollow space

hollow (verb)	kettle (verb)
remove the interior of
remove the inner part or the core of

Difference between hollow and kettle

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