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cherry vs drupe

drupe vs cherry

cherry and drupe both are nouns.

cherry is an adjective but drupe is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cherry Yes Yes No No
drupe Yes No No No
As nouns, drupe is a hypernym of cherry; that is, drupe is a word with a broader meaning than cherry:
  • cherry: a red fruit with a single hard stone
  • drupe: fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube
Other hypernyms of cherry include edible fruit, stone fruit.
cherry (noun) drupe (noun)
a red the color of ripe cherries fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube
a red fruit with a single hard stone
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
cherry (adjective) drupe (adjective)
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Difference between cherry and drupe

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