span vs cattle guard

cattle guard vs span

span and cattle guard both are nouns.

span is a verb but cattle guard is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
span	Yes	No	Yes	No
cattle guard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cattle guard is a hyponym of span; that is, cattle guard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than span:

span: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
cattle guard: a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle

Other hyponyms of span include Bailey bridge, cantilever bridge, cattle grid, covered bridge, drawbridge, lift bridge, footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridge, flyover, overpass, bateau bridge, floating bridge, pontoon bridge, rope bridge, steel arch bridge, suspension bridge, toll bridge, trestle bridge, truss bridge, viaduct.

span (noun)	cattle guard (noun)
the act of sitting or standing astride	a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
the distance or interval between two points
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
two items of the same kind
the complete duration of something

span (verb)	cattle guard (verb)
to cover or extend over an area or time period

Difference between span and cattle guard

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