layer vs Earth's surface

Earth's surface vs layer

layer and Earth's surface both are nouns.

layer is a verb but Earth's surface is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
layer	Yes	No	Yes	No
Earth's surface	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Earth's surface is a hyponym of layer; that is, Earth's surface is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than layer:

layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
Earth's surface: the outermost level of the land or sea

Other hyponyms of layer include stratum, asthenosphere, chromosphere, crust, Earth's crust, exosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere, lower mantle, mantle, mesosphere, ozone layer, ozonosphere, stratosphere, surface, thermosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper mantle, cell wall, snow.

layer (noun)	Earth's surface (noun)
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells	the outermost level of the land or sea
a hen that lays eggs
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

layer (verb)	Earth's surface (verb)
make or form a layer

Difference between layer and Earth's surface

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