wheelwork vs gear

gear vs wheelwork

wheelwork and gear both are nouns.

wheelwork is not a verb while gear is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wheelwork	Yes	No	No	No
gear	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

wheelwork: mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)
gear: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

Other hyponyms of wheelwork include gearing, geartrain, power train, train.

wheelwork (noun)	gear (noun)
mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)	a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
	equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
	wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
	a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

wheelwork (verb)	gear (verb)
	set the level or character of

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