smoke vs puffing

puffing vs smoke

smoke and puffing both are nouns.

smoke is a verb but puffing is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smoke	Yes	No	Yes	No
puffing	Yes	No	No	No

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

smoke: the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
puffing: blowing tobacco smoke out into the air

Other hyponyms of smoke include dabbing, vaping.

smoke (noun)	puffing (noun)
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances	an act of forcible exhalation
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity	blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
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)	puffing (verb)
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
emit a cloud of fine particles

Difference between smoke and puffing

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