sock vs knee-high
knee-high vs socksock and knee-high both are nouns.
sock is a verb but knee-high is not a verb.
sock is not an adverb while knee-high is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sock | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| knee-high | Yes | No | No | Yes |
As nouns,
knee-high is a hyponym of
sock; that is, knee-high is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
sock:
- sock: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
- knee-high: a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
Other hyponyms of sock include
anklet, anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks, argyle, argyll, athletic sock, sweat sock, varsity sock, knee-hi, tabi, tabis.
| sock (noun) | knee-high (noun) |
|---|---|
| hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee | a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees |
| a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
| sock (verb) | knee-high (verb) |
|---|---|
| hit hard |
| sock (adverb) | knee-high (adverb) |
|---|---|
| up to the knees |
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