strainer vs tea-strainer

strainer and tea-strainer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strainer	Yes	No	No	No
tea-strainer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tea-strainer is a hyponym of strainer; that is, tea-strainer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than strainer:

strainer: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
tea-strainer: a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea

Other hyponyms of strainer include colander, cullender, screen, sieve.

strainer (noun)	tea-strainer (noun)
a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through	a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea

strainer vs tea-strainer

strainer and tea-strainer both are nouns.

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