projection vs knife

knife vs projection

projection and knife both are nouns.

projection is not a verb while knife is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
projection	Yes	No	No	No
knife	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

projection: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
knife: any long thin projection that is transient

Other hyponyms of projection include salient, jag, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, acantha, spine, spur, tail, tail end, tongue, keel.

projection (noun)	knife (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting	edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
the act of projecting out from something	a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
any structure that branches out from a central support	any long thin projection that is transient
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
a planned undertaking
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
any solid convex shape that juts out from something

projection (verb)	knife (verb)
	use a knife on

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