black olive vs olive

olive vs black olive

black olive and olive both are nouns.

black olive is not an adjective while olive is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
black olive	Yes	No	No	No
olive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, olive is a hypernym of black olive; that is, olive is a word with a broader meaning than black olive:

black olive: olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil
olive: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish

black olive (noun)	olive (noun)
olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil	a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
	one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
	small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
	hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

black olive (adjective)	olive (adjective)
	of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

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