smear vs fingerprint

fingerprint vs smear

smear and fingerprint both are nouns.

smear and fingerprint both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smear	Yes	No	Yes	No
fingerprint	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

smear: a blemish made by dirt
fingerprint: a smudge made by a (dirty) finger

Other hyponyms of smear include blotch, splodge, splotch, fingermark, inkblot.

smear (noun)	fingerprint (noun)
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it	a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
a blemish made by dirt	a generic term for any identifying characteristic
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope	a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
slanderous defamation

smear (verb)	fingerprint (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone	take an impression of a person's fingerprints
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

Difference between smear and fingerprint

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