submarine vs attack submarine

attack submarine vs submarine

submarine and attack submarine both are nouns.

submarine is an adjective but attack submarine is not an adjective.

submarine is a verb but attack submarine is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
submarine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
attack submarine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attack submarine is a hyponym of submarine; that is, attack submarine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than submarine:

submarine: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
attack submarine: a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping

Other hyponyms of submarine include auxiliary research submarine, fleet ballistic missile submarine, nautilus, nuclear-powered submarine, nuclear submarine, U-boat.

submarine (noun)	attack submarine (noun)
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes	a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
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

submarine (adjective)	attack submarine (adjective)
beneath the surface of the sea

submarine (verb)	attack submarine (verb)
attack by submarine
bring down with a blow to the legs
throw with an underhand motion
control a submarine
move forward or under in a sliding motion

Difference between submarine and attack submarine

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