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vesicatory vs mustard gas

mustard gas vs vesicatory

vesicatory and mustard gas both are nouns.

vesicatory is an adjective but mustard gas is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vesicatory Yes Yes No No
mustard gas Yes No No No
As nouns, mustard gas is a hyponym of vesicatory; that is, mustard gas is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vesicatory:
  • vesicatory: a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
  • mustard gas: a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
Other hyponyms of vesicatory include blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, mustard agent, sulfur mustard.
vesicatory (noun) mustard gas (noun)
a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
vesicatory (adjective) mustard gas (adjective)
causing blisters
Difference between vesicatory and mustard gas

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