child vs peanut

peanut vs child

child and peanut both are nouns.

child is not an adjective while peanut is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
child	Yes	No	No	No
peanut	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, peanut is a hyponym of child; that is, peanut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than child:

child: a young person of either sex
peanut: a young child who is small for his age

Other hyponyms of child include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

child (noun)	peanut (noun)
a young person of either sex	pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age	a young child who is small for his age
an immature childish person	widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
a member of a clan or tribe	underground pod of the peanut vine

child (adjective)	peanut (adjective)
	of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

Difference between child and peanut

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