arum vs starch

arum and starch both are nouns.

arum is not a verb while starch is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arum	Yes	No	No	No
starch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, starch is a hypernym of arum; that is, starch is a word with a broader meaning than arum:

arum: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
starch: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

Other hypernyms of arum include amylum.

arum (noun)	starch (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root	a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

arum (verb)	starch (verb)
	stiffen with starch

Difference between arum and starch

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