lateral vs passing

passing vs lateral

lateral and passing both are nouns.

lateral and passing both are adjectives.

lateral is not an adverb while passing is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lateral	Yes	Yes	No	No
passing	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

As nouns, passing is a hypernym of lateral; that is, passing is a word with a broader meaning than lateral:

lateral: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
passing: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

Other hypernyms of lateral include pass, passing game, passing play.

lateral (noun)	passing (noun)
a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer	going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
	success in satisfying a test or requirement
	(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
	a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
	euphemistic expressions for death
	the motion of one object relative to another
	the end of something

lateral (adjective)	passing (adjective)
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body	of advancing the ball by throwing it
situated at or extending to the side	hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
	lasting a very short time
	allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

lateral (adverb)	passing (adverb)
	to an extraordinary degree

Difference between lateral and passing

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