spiel vs tongue

tongue vs spiel

spiel and tongue both are nouns.

spiel and tongue both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spiel	Yes	No	Yes	No
tongue	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tongue is a hyponym of spiel; that is, tongue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spiel:

spiel: replay (as a melody)
tongue: articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

Other hyponyms of spiel include riff, misplay, fiddle, replay, prelude, jazz, rag, bugle, recapitulate, repeat, reprise, reprize, slur, bang out, modulate.

spiel (noun)	tongue (noun)
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)	the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
	metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
	a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
	a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
	a manner of speaking
	the tongue of certain animals used as meat
	a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
	any long thin projection that is transient

spiel (verb)	tongue (verb)
speak at great length (about something)	lick or explore with the tongue
replay (as a melody)	articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

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