cake vs spice cake

spice cake vs cake

cake and spice cake both are nouns.

cake is a verb but spice cake is not a verb.

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

As nouns, spice cake is a hyponym of cake; that is, spice 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
spice cake: cake flavored with spices

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, 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)	spice cake (noun)
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)	cake flavored with spices
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)	spice cake (verb)
form a coat over

Difference between cake and spice cake

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