pocket vs vest pocket

vest pocket vs pocket

pocket and vest pocket both are nouns.

pocket is a verb but vest pocket is not a verb.

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

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

pocket: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
vest pocket: a small pocket in a man's vest

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

pocket (noun)	vest pocket (noun)
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles	a small pocket in a man's vest
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)	vest pocket (verb)
put in one's pocket
take unlawfully

Difference between pocket and vest pocket

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