wear and tear vs write-down

wear and tear and write-down both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wear and tear	Yes	No	No	No
write-down	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, write-down is a hyponym of wear and tear; that is, write-down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wear and tear:

wear and tear: decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use
write-down: (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

Other hyponyms of wear and tear include straight-line method, straight-line method of depreciation, write-off, declining balance method, declining balance method of depreciation, tax depreciation.

wear and tear (noun)	write-down (noun)
decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use	(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

wear and tear vs write-down

wear and tear and write-down both are nouns.

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