stone vs avoirdupois unit

avoirdupois unit vs stone

stone and avoirdupois unit both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but avoirdupois unit is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but avoirdupois unit is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
avoirdupois unit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, avoirdupois unit is a hypernym of stone; that is, avoirdupois unit is a word with a broader meaning than stone:

stone: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
avoirdupois unit: any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights

stone (noun)	avoirdupois unit (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
a lack of feeling or expression or movement
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

stone (adjective)	avoirdupois unit (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone (verb)	avoirdupois unit (verb)
remove the pits from
kill by throwing stones at

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