material vs wad

wad vs material

material and wad both are nouns.

material is an adjective but wad is not an adjective.

material is not a verb while wad is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
material	Yes	Yes	No	No
wad	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wad is a hyponym of material; that is, wad is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than material:

material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
wad: a small mass of soft material

Other hyponyms of material include ballast, bedding, bedding material, litter, rind, recycling, precursor, atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck, ammunition, floc, floccule, HAZMAT, aggregate, raw material, staple, sorbate, sorbent, sorbent material, diamagnet, mineral, rock, stone, adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material, sealing material, animal material, fluff, bimetal, abradant, abrasive, abrasive material, chemical, chemical substance, composite material, conductor, dielectric, insulator, nonconductor, contaminant, contamination, particulate, particulate matter, dust, elastomer, earth, ground, discharge, emission, detritus, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, fiber, fibre, fill, filling, foam, homogenate, humate, impregnation, paper, packing, packing material, wadding, color, coloring material, colour, colouring material, plant material, plant substance, radioactive material, thickener, thickening, toner, translucent substance, transparent substance, undercut, builder, detergent builder, vernix, vernix caseosa, electroceramic material, pyroelectric material, piezoelectric material, ferromagnet, antiferromagnet.

material (noun)	wad (noun)
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers	a wad of something chewable as tobacco
things needed for doing or making something	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form	a small mass of soft material
a person judged suitable for admission or employment
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

material (adjective)	wad (adjective)
derived from or composed of matter
directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
having material or physical form or substance
concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

material (verb)	wad (verb)
	crowd or pack to capacity
	compress into a wad

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