startle vs floor

floor vs startle

startle and floor both are nouns.

startle and floor both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
startle	Yes	No	Yes	No
floor	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, floor is a hypernym of startle; that is, floor is a word with a broader meaning than startle:

startle: to stimulate to action
floor: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

Other hypernyms of startle include ball over, blow out of the water, shock, take aback.

startle (noun)	floor (noun)
a sudden involuntary movement	the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
	a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
	a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
	the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
	the parliamentary right to address an assembly
	a lower limit
	the occupants of a floor
	the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
	the ground on which people and animals move about
	the lower inside surface of any hollow structure

startle (verb)	floor (verb)
to stimulate to action	knock down with force
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm	surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

Difference between startle and floor

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