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cherry vs sour cherry

sour cherry vs cherry

cherry and sour cherry both are nouns.

cherry is an adjective but sour cherry is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cherry Yes Yes No No
sour cherry Yes No No No
As nouns, sour cherry is a hyponym of cherry; that is, sour cherry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cherry:
  • cherry: a red fruit with a single hard stone
  • sour cherry: acid cherries used for pies and preserves
Other hyponyms of cherry include black cherry, sweet cherry, capulin, Mexican black cherry.
As nouns, sour cherry is a hyponym of cherry; that is, sour cherry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cherry:
  • cherry: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
  • sour cherry: rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
cherry (noun) sour cherry (noun)
a red the color of ripe cherries acid cherries used for pies and preserves
a red fruit with a single hard stone rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood Australian tree with sour red fruit
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
cherry (adjective) sour cherry (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 sour cherry

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