knife vs gardening knife

gardening knife vs knife

knife and gardening knife both are nouns.

knife is a verb but gardening knife is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knife	Yes	No	Yes	No
gardening knife	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gardening knife is a hyponym of knife; that is, gardening knife is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knife:

knife: edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
gardening knife: Any knife used in gardening.

Other hyponyms of knife include barong, bolo, bolo knife, Bowie knife, bread knife, butcher knife, carving knife, case knife, sheath knife, drawknife, drawshave, hunting knife, letter opener, paper knife, paperknife, linoleum cutter, linoleum knife, parang, parer, paring knife, pocket knife, pocketknife, pruning knife, slicer, surgical knife, table knife, chopper knife, chopping knife.

knife (noun)	gardening knife (noun)
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle	Any knife used in gardening.
a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
any long thin projection that is transient

knife (verb)	gardening knife (verb)
use a knife on

Difference between knife and gardening knife

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