cake vs coffee cake

coffee cake vs cake

cake and coffee cake both are nouns.

cake is a verb but coffee cake is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cake	Yes	No	Yes	No
coffee cake	Yes	No	No	No

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

cake: baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
coffee cake: a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee

Other hyponyms of cake include applesauce cake, baba, birthday cake, cheesecake, chiffon cake, chocolate cake, coconut cake, coffeecake, crumb cake, crumpet, cupcake, Eccles cake, fruitcake, gateau, sponge cake, bridecake, wedding cake, white cake, spice cake, gingerbread, pound cake, layer cake, torte, petit four, prune cake, jumbal, jumble, savarin, Boston cream pie, skillet cake, upside-down cake, honey cake, marble cake, genoise, seed cake, seedcake, teacake, biscuit, cookie, cooky, friedcake, battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake, waffle, rock cake, Victoria sandwich, Victoria sponge, makagigi.

cake (noun)	coffee cake (noun)
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)	a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee
baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
small flat mass of chopped or ground food

cake (verb)	coffee cake (verb)
form a coat over

Difference between cake and coffee cake

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