voice vs flak

voice and flak both are nouns.

voice is a verb but flak is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
voice	Yes	No	Yes	No
flak	Yes	No	No	No

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

voice: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
flak: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer

Other hyponyms of voice include ambassador, flack, flack catcher, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, spokesman, spokeswoman, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman.

voice (noun)	flak (noun)
a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated	artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech	intense adverse criticism
the ability to speak	a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
expressing in coherent verbal form
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
(metonymy) a singer
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

voice (verb)	flak (verb)
give voice to
utter with vibrating vocal chords

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