bean vs soya

bean and soya both are nouns.

bean is a verb but soya is not a verb.

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

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

bean: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
soya: the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)

Other hyponyms of bean include goa bean, golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean, munggo, common bean, soy, soya bean, soybean.

bean (noun)	soya (noun)
informal terms for a human head	the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food	erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
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)	soya (verb)
hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

Difference between bean and soya

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