natural covering vs mantle

mantle vs natural covering

natural covering and mantle both are nouns.

natural covering is not a verb while mantle is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
natural covering	Yes	No	No	No
mantle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mantle is a hyponym of natural covering; that is, mantle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than natural covering:

natural covering: a natural object that covers or envelops
mantle: anything that covers

Other hyponyms of natural covering include scale, shell, test, body covering, case, sheath, integument, blanket, crust, encrustation, incrustation, envelope, cap, hood, indument, indumentum, roof, shell, eggshell, shell, skim, slough, snowcap, vesture, peridium, pericarp, seed vessel, chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium, sac, theca, indusium, bark.

natural covering (noun)	mantle (noun)
a natural object that covers or envelops	a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
	shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
	(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
	the cloak as a symbol of authority
	the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
	anything that covers

natural covering (verb)	mantle (verb)
	cover like a mantle
	spread over a surface, like a mantle

Difference between natural covering and mantle

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