pocket vs breast pocket

breast pocket vs pocket

pocket and breast pocket both are nouns.

pocket is a verb but breast pocket is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pocket	Yes	No	Yes	No
breast pocket	Yes	No	No	No

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

pocket: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
breast pocket: a pocket inside of a man's coat

Other hyponyms of pocket include hip pocket, patch pocket, slash pocket, vest pocket.

pocket (noun)	breast pocket (noun)
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles	a pocket inside of a man's coat
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
a small isolated group of people
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
a supply of money
an enclosed space
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

pocket (verb)	breast pocket (verb)
put in one's pocket
take unlawfully

Difference between pocket and breast pocket

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