sacrifice vs sacrifice fly

sacrifice fly vs sacrifice

sacrifice and sacrifice fly both are nouns.

sacrifice is a verb but sacrifice fly is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sacrifice	Yes	No	Yes	No
sacrifice fly	Yes	No	No	No

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

sacrifice: (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
sacrifice fly: a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball

sacrifice (noun)	sacrifice fly (noun)
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity	a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

sacrifice (verb)	sacrifice fly (verb)
kill or destroy
endure the loss of
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
sell at a loss

Difference between sacrifice and sacrifice fly

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