Carica papaya vs pawpaw

Carica papaya and pawpaw both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Carica papaya	Yes	No	No	No
pawpaw	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Carica papaya and pawpaw are synonyms defined as:

Carica papaya and pawpaw: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

Other synonyms of Carica papaya include melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree.

Carica papaya (noun)	pawpaw (noun)
tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit	fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
	small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
	tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit