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wrestling vs professional wrestling

professional wrestling vs wrestling

wrestling and professional wrestling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wrestling Yes No No No
professional wrestling Yes No No No
As nouns, professional wrestling is a hyponym of wrestling; that is, professional wrestling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrestling:
  • wrestling: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
  • professional wrestling: wrestling for money
Other hyponyms of wrestling include flying mare, Graeco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, sumo.
wrestling (noun) professional wrestling (noun)
the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down wrestling for money
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
Difference between wrestling and professional wrestling

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