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rank vs third

third vs rank

rank and third both are nouns.

rank and third both are adjectives.

rank is a verb but third is not a verb.

rank is not an adverb while third is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rank Yes Yes Yes No
third Yes Yes No Yes
As nouns, third is a hyponym of rank; that is, third is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rank:
  • rank: relative status
  • third: following the second position in an ordering or series
rank (noun) third (noun)
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
the body of members of an organization or group the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
relative status the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
position in a social hierarchy one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
following the second position in an ordering or series
rank (adjective) third (adjective)
growing profusely coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
very fertile; producing profuse growth
very offensive in smell or taste
rank (verb) third (verb)
assign a rank or rating to
take or have a position relative to others
take precedence or surpass others in rank
rank (adverb) third (adverb)
in the third place
Difference between rank and third

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