spit vs ness
ness vs spitspit and ness both are nouns.
spit is a verb but ness is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spit | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| ness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
ness is a hypernym of
spit; that is, ness is a
word with a broader meaning than spit:
- spit: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- ness: a strip of land projecting into a body of water
Other hypernyms of spit include
cape.
| spit (noun) | ness (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | a strip of land projecting into a body of water |
| a skewer for holding meat over a fire | |
| a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | |
| a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea |
| spit (verb) | ness (verb) |
|---|---|
| expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | |
| utter with anger or contempt | |
| drive a skewer through | |
| rain gently |
Words related to "spit"
- brochette
- cape
- cough out
- cough up
- dribble
- drivel
- drool
- ejection
- emit
- expectorate
- expectoration
- expulsion
- forcing out
- let loose
- let out
- ness
- patter
- pin
- pitter-patter
- projection
- ptyalin
- ptyalise
- ptyalize
- rack
- rain
- rain down
- saliva
- salivary gland
- sand
- secretion
- skewer
- slobber
- spatter
- spew
- spit out
- spit up
- spitter
- spitting
- spittle
- sprinkle
- spue
- stand
- tobacco juice
- tongue
- turnspit
- utter
Words related to "ness"
- Cape Fear
- Cape Flattery
- Cape Froward
- Cape Hatteras
- Cape Horn
- Cape May
- Cape Passero
- Cape Sable
- Cape Trafalgar
- Cape York
- Cape of Good Hope
- Capo Passero
- Hoek van Holland
- Hook of Holland
- Lindesnes
- Naze
- Passero Cape
- Skagen Odde
- Skagens Odde
- Skaw
- cape
- dry land
- earth
- ground
- land
- solid ground
- spit
- terra firma
- tongue
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