smash hit vs hit

hit vs smash hit

smash hit and hit both are nouns.

smash hit is not a verb while hit is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smash hit	Yes	No	No	No
hit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hit is a hypernym of smash hit; that is, hit is a word with a broader meaning than smash hit:

smash hit: an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
hit: a conspicuous success

Other hypernyms of smash hit include bang, smash, smasher, strike.

smash hit (noun)	hit (noun)
an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)	the act of contacting one thing with another
	a conspicuous success
	(baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
	a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
	a connection made via the internet to another website
	a dose of a narcotic drug
	(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

smash hit (verb)	hit (verb)
	pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
	make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
	hit with a missile from a weapon
	hit the intended target or goal
	deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
	hit against; come into sudden contact with
	produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
	cause to move by striking
	affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
	reach a destination, either real or abstract
	drive something violently into a location
	reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
	cause to experience suddenly
	encounter by chance
	kill intentionally and with premeditation

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