swallow vs cliff swallow

cliff swallow vs swallow

swallow and cliff swallow both are nouns.

swallow is a verb but cliff swallow is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swallow	Yes	No	Yes	No
cliff swallow	Yes	No	No	No

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

swallow: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
cliff swallow: North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls

Other hyponyms of swallow include barn swallow, chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica, Hirundo pyrrhonota, Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow, martin.

swallow (noun)	cliff swallow (noun)
the act of swallowing	North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
a small amount of liquid food

swallow (verb)	cliff swallow (verb)
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
keep from expressing
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
take back what one has said
utter unclearly
engulf and destroy
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Difference between swallow and cliff swallow

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