smoke vs chain-smoke

chain-smoke vs smoke

smoke is a noun but chain-smoke is not a noun.

smoke and chain-smoke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smoke	Yes	No	Yes	No
chain-smoke	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, chain-smoke is a hyponym of smoke; that is, chain-smoke is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than smoke:

smoke: inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
chain-smoke: smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one

Other hyponyms of smoke include puff, whiff, inhale, vape, dab.

smoke (noun)	chain-smoke (noun)
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
street names for marijuana
something with no concrete substance
an indication of some hidden activity
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

smoke (verb)	chain-smoke (verb)
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes	smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
emit a cloud of fine particles

Difference between smoke and chain-smoke

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