snag vs swelling
swelling vs snagsnag and swelling both are nouns.
snag is a verb but swelling is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| snag | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| swelling | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
swelling is a hypernym of
snag; that is, swelling is a
word with a broader meaning than snag:
- snag: a sharp protuberance
- swelling: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Other hypernyms of snag include
bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance.
| snag (noun) | swelling (noun) |
|---|---|
| an unforeseen obstacle | the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) |
| an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement |
| a sharp protuberance |
| snag (verb) | swelling (verb) |
|---|---|
| catch on a snag | |
| hew jaggedly | |
| get by acting quickly and smartly |
Words related to "snag"
Words related to "swelling"
- belly
- bloat
- bulge
- bump
- bunion
- caput
- chemical action
- chemical change
- chemical process
- dropsy
- edema
- enlargement
- excrescence
- extrusion
- frontal eminence
- gibbosity
- gibbousness
- haematocele
- haematocoele
- hematocele
- hematocoele
- hump
- hydrops
- intumescence
- intumescency
- iridoncus
- jut
- lump
- lymphogranuloma
- mogul
- nub
- nubble
- occipital protuberance
- oedema
- oscheocele
- oscheocoele
- projection
- prominence
- protrusion
- protuberance
- puffiness
- snag
- spermatocele
- swell
- symptom
- tumidity
- tumidness
- wart
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