jump-start vs action

action vs jump-start

jump-start and action both are nouns.

jump-start and action both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jump-start	Yes	No	Yes	No
action	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, action is a hypernym of jump-start; that is, action is a word with a broader meaning than jump-start:

jump-start: starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)

jump-start (noun)	action (noun)
starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car	the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
	a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
	something done (usually as opposed to something said)
	a military engagement
	an act by a government body or supranational organization
	the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
	In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
	the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
	the series of events that form a plot
	a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
	the state of being active

jump-start (verb)	action (verb)
start or re-start vigorously	put in effect
start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery	institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

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