leather vs patent leather

patent leather vs leather

leather and patent leather both are nouns.

leather is a verb but patent leather is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
leather	Yes	No	Yes	No
patent leather	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, patent leather is a hyponym of leather; that is, patent leather 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
patent leather: leather with a hard glossy surface

Other hyponyms of leather include piece of leather, grain, alligator, buckskin, buff, ooze leather, Russia leather, calf, 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, pigskin, fleece, sheepskin, shoe leather, suede, suede leather, roan.

leather (noun)	patent leather (noun)
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning	leather with a hard glossy surface

leather (verb)	patent leather (verb)
whip with a leather strap

Difference between leather and patent leather

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