rocket vs nuclear rocket

nuclear rocket vs rocket

rocket and nuclear rocket both are nouns.

rocket is a verb but nuclear rocket is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rocket	Yes	No	Yes	No
nuclear rocket	Yes	No	No	No

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

rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
nuclear rocket: a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant

Other hyponyms of rocket include booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket, retrorocket, space rocket, thruster, solid-fuel rocket, solid-propellant motor, solid propellant rocket.

rocket (noun)	nuclear rocket (noun)
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion	a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
sends a firework display high into the sky
propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

rocket (verb)	nuclear rocket (verb)
propel with a rocket
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Difference between rocket and nuclear rocket

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