spiral vs deflationary spiral

deflationary spiral vs spiral

spiral and deflationary spiral both are nouns.

spiral is an adjective but deflationary spiral is not an adjective.

spiral is a verb but deflationary spiral is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spiral	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
deflationary spiral	Yes	No	No	No

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

spiral: a continuously accelerating change in the economy
deflationary spiral: an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value

Other hyponyms of spiral include inflationary spiral.

spiral (noun)	deflationary spiral (noun)
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius	an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

spiral (adjective)	deflationary spiral (adjective)
in the shape of a coil

spiral (verb)	deflationary spiral (verb)
to wind or move in a spiral course
move in a spiral or zigzag course
form a spiral

Difference between spiral and deflationary spiral

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