sub vs U-boat
U-boat vs subsub and U-boat both are nouns.
sub is a verb but U-boat is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sub | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| U-boat | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
U-boat is a hyponym of
sub; that is, U-boat is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
sub:
- sub: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- U-boat: military submarine operated by Germany during the First and Second World Wars
Other hyponyms of sub include
attack submarine, auxiliary research submarine, fleet ballistic missile submarine, nautilus, nuclear-powered submarine, nuclear submarine.
| sub (noun) | U-boat (noun) |
|---|---|
| a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | military submarine operated by Germany during the First and Second World Wars |
| a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States |
| sub (verb) | U-boat (verb) |
|---|---|
| be a substitute |
Words related to "sub"
- Cuban sandwich
- Italian sandwich
- U-boat
- asdic
- attack submarine
- auxiliary research submarine
- bomber
- breather
- change
- conning tower
- echo sounder
- escape hatch
- exchange
- fill in
- fleet ballistic missile submarine
- grinder
- hero
- hero sandwich
- hoagie
- hoagy
- interchange
- nautilus
- nuclear submarine
- nuclear-powered submarine
- periscope
- pigboat
- poor boy
- sandwich
- schnorchel
- schnorkel
- snorkel
- snorkel breather
- sonar
- stand in
- subbing
- submarine
- submarine sandwich
- submersible
- submersible warship
- substitute
- torpedo
- wedge
- zep
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