umbrella vs union

union vs umbrella

umbrella and union both are nouns.

umbrella and union both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
umbrella	Yes	Yes	No	No
union	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, union is a hypernym of umbrella; that is, union is a word with a broader meaning than umbrella:

umbrella: having the function of uniting a group of similar things
union: the act of making or becoming a single unit

Other hypernyms of umbrella include conjugation, jointure, unification, uniting.

umbrella (noun)	union (noun)
a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets	the act of making or becoming a single unit
having the function of uniting a group of similar things	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy	a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
	the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
	an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
	a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
	a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
	healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
	the state of being joined or united or linked
	the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

umbrella (adjective)	union (adjective)
covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups	of trade unions

Difference between umbrella and union

Words related to "union"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.