noise vs backfire

backfire vs noise

noise and backfire both are nouns.

noise and backfire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
noise	Yes	No	Yes	No
backfire	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, backfire is a hyponym of noise; that is, backfire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than noise:

noise: emit a noise
backfire: emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

Other hyponyms of noise include sizzle, howl, roar, purl, sough, claxon, honk, hum, crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch, creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine, racket, brattle, clack, clatter, clitter, stridulate, drown out, jangle, jingle-jangle, jingle, scream, ring out, blare, blast.

noise (noun)	backfire (noun)
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan	a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks	a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience	the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
a loud outcry of protest or complaint	a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

noise (verb)	backfire (verb)
emit a noise	set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
	emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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