Johnny-jump-up vs violet

violet vs Johnny-jump-up

Johnny-jump-up and violet both are nouns.

Johnny-jump-up is not an adjective while violet is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Johnny-jump-up	Yes	No	No	No
violet	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, violet is a hypernym of Johnny-jump-up; that is, violet is a word with a broader meaning than Johnny-jump-up:

Johnny-jump-up: common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
violet: any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

Johnny-jump-up (noun)	violet (noun)
common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies	a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived	any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

Johnny-jump-up (adjective)	violet (adjective)
	of a color intermediate between red and blue

Difference between Johnny-jump-up and violet

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