blood vs blood group

blood group vs blood

blood and blood group both are nouns.

blood is a verb but blood group is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blood	Yes	No	Yes	No
blood group	Yes	No	No	No

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

blood: the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
blood group: human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

Other hyponyms of blood include arterial blood, blood type, gore, lifeblood, blood stream, bloodstream, blood clot, grume, cord blood, menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow, venous blood, whole blood.

blood (noun)	blood group (noun)
temperament or disposition	human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
the hereditary derivation of an individual
people viewed as members of a group
a dissolute man in fashionable society

blood (verb)	blood group (verb)
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

Difference between blood and blood group

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