chili pepper vs pepper

pepper vs chili pepper

chili pepper and pepper both are nouns.

chili pepper is not a verb while pepper is a verb.

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

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

chili pepper: 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 chili pepper include capsicum, capsicum pepper plant.

chili pepper (noun)	pepper (noun)
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency	pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red	sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
	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

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

Difference between chili pepper and pepper

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