cake vs seed cake

seed cake vs cake

cake and seed cake both are nouns.

cake is a verb but seed cake is not a verb.

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

As nouns, seed cake is a hyponym of cake; that is, seed 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
seed cake: a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon

Other hyponyms of cake include applesauce cake, baba, birthday cake, cheesecake, chiffon cake, chocolate cake, coconut cake, coffee 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, 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)	seed cake (noun)
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)	a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon
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)	seed cake (verb)
form a coat over

Difference between cake and seed cake

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