mandatory vs territory

territory vs mandatory

mandatory and territory both are nouns.

mandatory is an adjective but territory is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mandatory	Yes	Yes	No	No
territory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, territory is a hypernym of mandatory; that is, territory is a word with a broader meaning than mandatory:

mandatory: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
territory: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Other hypernyms of mandatory include district, dominion, territorial dominion.

mandatory (noun)	territory (noun)
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves	an area of knowledge or interest
the recipient of a mandate	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
	the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

mandatory (adjective)	territory (adjective)
required by rule

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