sack vs deactivation
deactivation vs sacksack and deactivation both are nouns.
sack is a verb but deactivation is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sack | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| deactivation | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
deactivation is a hyponym of
sack; that is, deactivation is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
sack:
- sack: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- deactivation: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
Other hyponyms of sack include
superannuation, conge, congee, removal, inactivation, honorable discharge, dishonorable discharge, Section Eight.
| sack (noun) | deactivation (noun) |
|---|---|
| the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) |
| the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) |
| a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases | |
| a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | |
| a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily | |
| a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | |
| any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) | |
| the quantity contained in a sack | |
| an enclosed space |
| sack (verb) | deactivation (verb) |
|---|---|
| put in a sack | |
| plunder (a town) after capture | |
| make as a net profit | |
| terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position |
Words related to "sack"
- Section Eight
- bag
- bed
- benefit
- bring in
- can
- carrier bag
- case
- cavity
- chemise
- clean out
- clear
- conclusion
- conge
- congee
- containerful
- deactivation
- destroy
- discharge
- dishonorable discharge
- dismiss
- dismissal
- dismission
- displace
- doggie bag
- doggy bag
- dress
- drop
- earn
- encase
- enclosed space
- ending
- fire
- firing
- force out
- frock
- furlough
- gain
- give notice
- give the axe
- give the sack
- grocery bag
- hammock
- honorable discharge
- inactivation
- incase
- jacket
- lay off
- liberation
- make
- net
- paper bag
- pension off
- pillage
- pillaging
- plunder
- plundering
- poke
- pouch
- profit
- pull in
- realise
- realize
- release
- removal
- remove
- retire
- ruin
- sac
- sack up
- sackful
- sacking
- sacque
- send away
- send packing
- shift
- squeeze out
- superannuation
- take
- take in
- terminate
- termination
- white wine
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