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black elder vs elder

elder vs black elder

black elder and elder both are nouns.

black elder is not an adjective while elder is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
black elder Yes No No No
elder Yes Yes No No
As nouns, elder is a hypernym of black elder; that is, elder is a word with a broader meaning than black elder:
  • black elder: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
  • elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Other hypernyms of black elder include elderberry bush.
black elder (noun) elder (noun)
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies a person who is older than you are
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
black elder (adjective) elder (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Difference between black elder and elder

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