sports equipment vs hammer

hammer vs sports equipment

sports equipment and hammer both are nouns.

sports equipment is not a verb while hammer is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sports equipment	Yes	No	No	No
hammer	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hammer is a hyponym of sports equipment; that is, hammer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sports equipment:

sports equipment: equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
hammer: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

Other hyponyms of sports equipment include badminton equipment, baseball equipment, basketball equipment, boxing equipment, cricket equipment, croquet equipment, discus, saucer, golf equipment, exerciser, gymnastic apparatus, javelin, gym mat, mat, gumshield, mouthpiece, shot, skate, spike, sporting goods, stick, butt, target, exercising weight, free weight, weight, climbing equipment, rock-climbing equipment.

sports equipment (noun)	hammer (noun)
equipment needed to participate in a particular sport	the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
	a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
	a power tool for drilling rocks
	a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
	a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
	the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
	a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
	the ossicle attached to the eardrum

sports equipment (verb)	hammer (verb)
	beat with or as if with a hammer
	create by hammering

Difference between sports equipment and hammer

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