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butternut vs walnut

walnut vs butternut

butternut and walnut both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
butternut Yes No No No
walnut Yes No No No
As nouns, walnut is a hypernym of butternut; that is, walnut is a word with a broader meaning than butternut:
  • butternut: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
  • walnut: any of various trees of the genus Juglans
Other hypernyms of butternut include walnut tree.
butternut (noun) walnut (noun)
oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye any of various trees of the genus Juglans
hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
Difference between butternut and walnut

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