surgical instrument vs surgical knife

surgical instrument and surgical knife both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surgical instrument	Yes	No	No	No
surgical knife	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgical knife is a hyponym of surgical instrument; that is, surgical knife is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgical instrument:

surgical instrument: a medical instrument used in surgery
surgical knife: a very sharp knife used in surgery

Other hyponyms of surgical instrument include curet, curette, dermatome, dilater, dilator, haemostat, hemostat, photocoagulator, probe, retractor, snare, trepan, trephine.

surgical instrument (noun)	surgical knife (noun)
a medical instrument used in surgery	a very sharp knife used in surgery

surgical instrument vs surgical knife

surgical instrument and surgical knife both are nouns.

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