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Sambucus nigra vs elder

elder vs Sambucus nigra

Sambucus nigra and elder both are nouns.

Sambucus nigra is not an adjective while elder is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Sambucus nigra Yes No No No
elder Yes Yes No No
As nouns, elder is a hypernym of Sambucus nigra; that is, elder is a word with a broader meaning than Sambucus nigra:
  • Sambucus nigra: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
  • elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Other hypernyms of Sambucus nigra include elderberry bush.
Sambucus nigra (noun) elder (noun)
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies a person who is older than you are
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Sambucus nigra (adjective) elder (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Difference between Sambucus nigra and elder

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