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home vs return

return vs home

home and return both are nouns.

home is an adjective but return is not an adjective.

home and return both are verbs.

home is an adverb but return is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
home Yes Yes Yes Yes
return Yes No Yes No
As verbs, return is a hypernym of home; that is, return is a word with a broader meaning than home:
  • home: return home accurately from a long distance
  • return: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
home (noun) return (noun)
housing that someone is living in the act of going back to a prior location
an institution where people are cared for a coming to or returning home
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score getting something back again
a social unit living together a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
the country or state or city where you live (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
place where something began and flourished a reciprocal group action
where you live at a particular time the act of someone appearing again
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
an environment offering affection and security document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
home (adjective) return (adjective)
used of your own ground
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
inside the country
home (verb) return (verb)
return home accurately from a long distance go back to a previous state
provide with, or send to, a home be restored
go back to something earlier
answer back
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
pass down
make a return
give or supply
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
return to a previous position; in mathematics
bring back to the point of departure
pay back
return in kind
give back
be inherited by
elect again
home (adverb) return (adverb)
at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
to the fullest extent; to the heart
on or to the point aimed at
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