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bean vs fava bean

fava bean vs bean

bean and fava bean both are nouns.

bean is a verb but fava bean is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bean Yes No Yes No
fava bean Yes No No No
As nouns, fava bean is a hyponym of bean; that is, fava 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
  • fava bean: seed of the broad-bean plant
bean (noun) fava 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 seed of the broad-bean plant
any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
bean (verb) fava bean (verb)
hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
Difference between bean and fava bean

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