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thermometer vs mercury-in-glass thermometer

mercury-in-glass thermometer vs thermometer

thermometer and mercury-in-glass thermometer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
thermometer Yes No No No
mercury-in-glass thermometer Yes No No No
As nouns, mercury-in-glass thermometer is a hyponym of thermometer; that is, mercury-in-glass thermometer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than thermometer:
  • thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature
  • mercury-in-glass thermometer: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
thermometer (noun) mercury-in-glass thermometer (noun)
measuring instrument for measuring temperature thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
Difference between thermometer and mercury-in-glass thermometer

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