burr oak vs white oak

white oak vs burr oak

burr oak and white oak both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
burr oak	Yes	No	No	No
white oak	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, white oak is a hypernym of burr oak; that is, white oak is a word with a broader meaning than burr oak:

burr oak: medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
white oak: any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf

burr oak (noun)	white oak (noun)
medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood	any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf

Difference between burr oak and white oak

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