leather vs calf
calf vs leatherleather and calf both are nouns.
leather is a verb but calf is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| leather | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| calf | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
calf is a hyponym of
leather; that is, calf is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
leather:
- leather: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
- calf: fine leather from the skin of a calf
Other hyponyms of leather include
piece of leather, grain, alligator, buckskin, buff, ooze leather, Russia leather, calfskin, whit leather, white leather, chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather, cordovan, cowhide, cowskin, crush, crushed leather, deerskin, doeskin, glove leather, horsehide, kid, kidskin, mocha, morocco, patent leather, pigskin, fleece, sheepskin, shoe leather, suede, suede leather, roan.
| leather (noun) | calf (noun) |
|---|---|
| an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning | young of domestic cattle |
| young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo | |
| the muscular back part of the shank | |
| fine leather from the skin of a calf |
| leather (verb) | calf (verb) |
|---|---|
| whip with a leather strap |
Words related to "leather"
- Russia leather
- alligator
- animal skin
- buckskin
- buff
- calf
- calfskin
- chammy
- chammy leather
- chamois
- chamois leather
- cordovan
- cowhide
- cowskin
- crush
- crushed leather
- deerskin
- doeskin
- fleece
- flog
- glove leather
- grain
- horsehide
- kid
- kidskin
- lash
- lather
- leathery
- mocha
- morocco
- ooze leather
- patent leather
- piece of leather
- pigskin
- roan
- shammy
- shammy leather
- sheepskin
- shoe leather
- slash
- strap
- suede
- suede leather
- trounce
- welt
- whip
- whit leather
- white leather
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