spoon vs container

container vs spoon

spoon and container both are nouns.

spoon is a verb but container is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spoon	Yes	No	Yes	No
container	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, container is a hypernym of spoon; that is, container is a word with a broader meaning than spoon:

spoon: a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
container: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Other hypernyms of spoon include cutlery, eating utensil.

spoon (noun)	container (noun)
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food	any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
as much as a spoon will hold

spoon (verb)	container (verb)
scoop up or take up with a spoon
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

Difference between spoon and container

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