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mercury thermometer vs thermometer

thermometer vs mercury thermometer

mercury thermometer and thermometer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mercury thermometer Yes No No No
thermometer Yes No No No
As nouns, thermometer is a hypernym of mercury thermometer; that is, thermometer is a word with a broader meaning than mercury thermometer:
  • mercury thermometer: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
  • thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature
mercury thermometer (noun) thermometer (noun)
thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube measuring instrument for measuring temperature
Difference between mercury thermometer and thermometer

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