bean vs broad bean

broad bean vs bean

bean and broad bean both are nouns.

bean is a verb but broad bean is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bean	Yes	No	Yes	No
broad bean	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, broad bean is a hyponym of bean; that is, broad bean is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bean:

bean: any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
broad bean: seed of the broad-bean plant

Other hyponyms of bean include coumara nut, tonka bean, algarobilla, algarroba, algarrobilla, calabar bean, ordeal bean, divi-divi, algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod, soy, soya bean, soybean, fava bean, horsebean, golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo.

bean (noun)	broad bean (noun)
informal terms for a human head	shell beans cooked as lima beans
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food	a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods	Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans	seed of the broad-bean plant

bean (verb)	broad bean (verb)
hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

Difference between bean and broad bean

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