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zip vs fastening

fastening vs zip

zip and fastening both are nouns.

zip is a verb but fastening is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
zip Yes No Yes No
fastening Yes No No No
As nouns, fastening is a hypernym of zip; that is, fastening is a word with a broader meaning than zip:
  • zip: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
  • fastening: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Other hypernyms of zip include fastener, fixing, holdfast.
zip (noun) fastening (noun)
a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab the act of fastening things together
forceful exertion restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
zip (verb) fastening (verb)
close with a zipper
move very fast
Difference between zip and fastening

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