cayenne vs pepper

pepper vs cayenne

cayenne and pepper both are nouns.

cayenne is not a verb while pepper is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cayenne	Yes	No	No	No
pepper	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pepper is a hypernym of cayenne; that is, pepper is a word with a broader meaning than cayenne:

cayenne: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
pepper: any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

Other hypernyms of cayenne include capsicum, capsicum pepper plant.

cayenne (noun)	pepper (noun)
ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum	pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
a long and often twisted hot red pepper	sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red	any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
	climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

cayenne (verb)	pepper (verb)
	attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
	add pepper to

Difference between cayenne and pepper

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