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kettle vs teakettle

teakettle vs kettle

kettle and teakettle both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kettle Yes No No No
teakettle Yes No No No
As nouns, teakettle is a hyponym of kettle; that is, teakettle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kettle:
  • kettle: a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
  • teakettle: kettle for boiling water to make tea
kettle (noun) teakettle (noun)
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid kettle for boiling water to make tea
a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
(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
Difference between kettle and teakettle

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