rocket vs solid-propellant motor

solid-propellant motor vs rocket

rocket and solid-propellant motor both are nouns.

rocket is a verb but solid-propellant motor is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rocket	Yes	No	Yes	No
solid-propellant motor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, solid-propellant motor is a hyponym of rocket; that is, solid-propellant motor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rocket:

rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
solid-propellant motor: A chemical rocket engine which uses propellant in a solid state.

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

rocket (noun)	solid-propellant motor (noun)
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion	A chemical rocket engine which uses propellant in a solid state.
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)	solid-propellant motor (verb)
propel with a rocket
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Difference between rocket and solid-propellant motor

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