birch vs wood

birch and wood both are nouns.

birch is an adjective but wood is not an adjective.

birch is a verb but wood is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birch	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
wood	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wood is a hypernym of birch; that is, wood is a word with a broader meaning than birch:

birch: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
wood: the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

birch (noun)	wood (noun)
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment	any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark	a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood	the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

birch (adjective)	wood (adjective)
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

birch (verb)	wood (verb)
whip with a birch twig

Difference between birch and wood

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