protective covering vs heat shield

heat shield vs protective covering

protective covering and heat shield both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
protective covering	Yes	No	No	No
heat shield	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, heat shield is a hyponym of protective covering; that is, heat shield is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than protective covering:

protective covering: a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
heat shield: a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry

Other hyponyms of protective covering include armor, armour, bell glass, bell jar, binder, ring-binder, back, binding, book binding, cover, blind, screen, armguard, bracer, cap, cloche, coaster, cold frame, crystal, watch crystal, watch glass, dust cover, faceplate, cladding, facing, fall-board, fallboard, escutcheon, finger plate, scutcheon, bonnet, cowl, cowling, hood, housing, lamp shade, lampshade, shade, liner, lining, mask, mulch, roof, roof, screen, shade, sheath, overlay, overlayer, sheathing, shelter, shield, dashboard, splashboard, splasher, splasher, testudo, thumbstall, toecap, splashboard, washboard.

protective covering (noun)	heat shield (noun)
the tough natural covering of some organisms	a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry
a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

Difference between protective covering and heat shield

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