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Christmas cake vs fruitcake

fruitcake vs Christmas cake

Christmas cake and fruitcake both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Christmas cake Yes No No No
fruitcake Yes No No No
As nouns, fruitcake is a hypernym of Christmas cake; that is, fruitcake is a word with a broader meaning than Christmas cake:
  • Christmas cake: a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
  • fruitcake: a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
Christmas cake (noun) fruitcake (noun)
a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
a whimsically eccentric person
Difference between Christmas cake and fruitcake

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