physical change vs melting

physical change and melting both are nouns.

physical change is not an adjective while melting is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
physical change	Yes	No	No	No
melting	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, melting is a hyponym of physical change; that is, melting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than physical change:

physical change: a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
melting: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

Other hyponyms of physical change include freeze, freezing, liquefaction, melt, thaw, thawing, evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour.

physical change (noun)	melting (noun)
a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition	the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

physical change (adjective)	melting (adjective)
	becoming liquid

physical change vs melting

physical change and melting both are nouns.

physical change is not an adjective while melting is an adjective.

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