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submarine vs nautilus

nautilus vs submarine

submarine and nautilus both are nouns.

submarine is an adjective but nautilus is not an adjective.

submarine is a verb but nautilus is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
submarine Yes Yes Yes No
nautilus Yes No No No
As nouns, nautilus is a hyponym of submarine; that is, nautilus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than submarine:
  • submarine: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
  • nautilus: a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
submarine (noun) nautilus (noun)
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
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 cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
submarine (adjective) nautilus (adjective)
beneath the surface of the sea
submarine (verb) nautilus (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 nautilus

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