plaything vs pinwheel

pinwheel vs plaything

plaything and pinwheel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plaything	Yes	No	No	No
pinwheel	Yes	No	No	No

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

plaything: an artifact designed to be played with
pinwheel: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind

Other hyponyms of plaything include ball, balloon, cockhorse, doll, dolly, doll's house, dollhouse, Frisbee, hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse, hula-hoop, jack-in-the-box, jungle gym, jumping jack, kaleidoscope, kite, Lego, Lego set, Meccano, Meccano set, pea shooter, pinata, pinwheel wind collector, playhouse, wendy house, pogo stick, popgun, rattle, sandbox, sandpile, sandpit, dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board, playground slide, slide, sliding board, catapult, sling, slingshot, stick horse, swing, teddy, teddy bear, spinning top, teetotum, top, whirligig, train set, squirt gun, squirter, water gun, water pistol, yo-yo, adult toy, sex toy, sand toy.

plaything (noun)	pinwheel (noun)
an artifact designed to be played with	a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
	a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
	a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
	perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

Difference between plaything and pinwheel

Words related to "pinwheel"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.