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shoot vs skeet shooting

skeet shooting vs shoot

shoot and skeet shooting both are nouns.

shoot is a verb but skeet shooting is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shoot Yes No Yes No
skeet shooting Yes No No No
As nouns, skeet shooting is a hyponym of shoot; that is, skeet shooting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shoot:
  • shoot: the act of shooting at targets
  • skeet shooting: the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
Other hyponyms of shoot include skeet, trapshooting.
shoot (noun) skeet shooting (noun)
the act of shooting at targets the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
a new branch
shoot (verb) skeet shooting (verb)
give an injection to
produce buds, branches, or germinate
measure the altitude of by using a sextant
record on photographic film
make a film or photograph of something
utter fast and forcefully
fire a shot; release
hit with a missile from a weapon
score
spend frivolously and unwisely
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
throw dice, as in a crap game
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
run or move very quickly or hastily
move quickly and violently
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
kill by firing a missile
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Difference between shoot and skeet shooting

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