knee-high vs stocking
stocking vs knee-highknee-high and stocking both are nouns.
knee-high is an adverb but stocking is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| knee-high | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| stocking | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
stocking is a hypernym of
knee-high; that is, stocking is a
word with a broader meaning than knee-high:
- knee-high: a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
- stocking: close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
Other hypernyms of knee-high include
sock.
| knee-high (noun) | stocking (noun) |
|---|---|
| a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees | the activity of supplying a stock of something |
| close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) |
| knee-high (adverb) | stocking (adverb) |
|---|---|
| up to the knees |
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