iceberg vs floater

floater vs iceberg

iceberg and floater both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
iceberg	Yes	No	No	No
floater	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, floater is a hypernym of iceberg; that is, floater is a word with a broader meaning than iceberg:

iceberg: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
floater: an object that floats or is capable of floating

Other hypernyms of iceberg include ice mass.

iceberg (noun)	floater (noun)
lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head	an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier	an object that floats or is capable of floating
	a swimmer who floats in the water
	a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
	a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
	an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
	a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
	spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

Difference between iceberg and floater

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