quicksand vs pit
pit vs quicksandquicksand and pit both are nouns.
quicksand is not a verb while pit is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| quicksand | Yes | No | No | No |
| pit | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
pit is a hypernym of
quicksand; that is, pit is a
word with a broader meaning than quicksand:
- quicksand: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
- pit: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
Other hypernyms of quicksand include
cavity.
| quicksand (noun) | pit (noun) |
|---|---|
| a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate |
| a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it |
| a trap in the form of a concealed hole | |
| lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | |
| (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | |
| (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | |
| an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | |
| (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | |
| a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | |
| the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | |
| a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) |
| quicksand (verb) | pit (verb) |
|---|---|
| remove the pits from | |
| set into opposition or rivalry | |
| mark with a scar |
Words related to "pit"
- Christian religion
- Christianity
- Gehenna
- Hell
- Inferno
- Tartarus
- area
- auto racing
- barbecue pit
- blemish
- bodily cavity
- borrow pit
- car racing
- cavity
- cavum
- chalk pit
- chalkpit
- cherry stone
- cicatrise
- cicatrize
- coal mine
- coalpit
- cockpit
- colliery
- commodities exchange
- commodities market
- commodity exchange
- concave shape
- concavity
- confront
- deface
- disfigure
- divot
- enclosure
- endocarp
- epigastric fossa
- excavation
- face
- fictitious place
- fire pit
- fossa
- glenoid cavity
- glenoid fossa
- gravel pit
- hellfire
- hole
- hollow
- house
- imaginary place
- incise
- incurvation
- incurvature
- infernal region
- mandibular fossa
- mark
- match
- mine
- mythical place
- nether region
- nock
- oppose
- orchestra pit
- peach pit
- perdition
- pericarp
- pit of the stomach
- pitfall
- pitting
- play off
- pock
- pockmark
- quarry
- quicksand
- red region
- remove
- sandpit
- sawpit
- scar
- score
- seed vessel
- stone
- stone pit
- take
- take away
- tar pit
- theater
- theatre
- trap
- trou-de-loup
- withdraw
- work
- workplace
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