unit vs item

unit and item both are nouns.

unit is not an adverb while item is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unit	Yes	No	No	No
item	Yes	No	No	Yes

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

unit: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
item: a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection

Other hyponyms of unit include congener, animate thing, living thing, natural object, artefact, artifact, assembly, aggregate, sum, total, totality.

unit (noun)	item (noun)
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity	a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
a single undivided whole	an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group	a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else	an individual instance of a type of symbol
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange	a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole

unit (adverb)	item (adverb)
	(used when listing or enumerating items) also

Difference between unit and item

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