radical vs building block

building block vs radical

radical and building block both are nouns.

radical is an adjective but building block is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
radical	Yes	Yes	No	No
building block	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, building block is a hypernym of radical; that is, building block is a word with a broader meaning than radical:

radical: (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
building block: a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else

Other hypernyms of radical include unit.

radical (noun)	building block (noun)
a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram	a block of material used in construction work
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed	a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

radical (adjective)	building block (adjective)
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
arising from or going to the root or source
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
markedly new or introducing radical change

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