robbery vs highway robbery

robbery and highway robbery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
robbery	Yes	No	No	No
highway robbery	Yes	No	No	No

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

robbery: larceny by threat of violence
highway robbery: robbery of travellers on or near a public road

Other hyponyms of robbery include armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickup, caper, job, dacoity, dakoity, heist, rip-off, highjacking, hijacking, rolling.

robbery (noun)	highway robbery (noun)
larceny by threat of violence	robbery of travellers on or near a public road
plundering during riots or in wartime	an exorbitant price

robbery vs highway robbery

robbery and highway robbery both are nouns.

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