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citrus vs mandarin

mandarin vs citrus

citrus and mandarin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
citrus Yes No No No
mandarin Yes No No No
As nouns, mandarin is a hyponym of citrus; that is, mandarin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than citrus:
  • citrus: any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
  • mandarin: a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
As nouns, mandarin is a hyponym of citrus; that is, mandarin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than citrus:
  • citrus: any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
  • mandarin: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
citrus (noun) mandarin (noun)
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds a high public official of imperial China
any high government official or bureaucrat
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
Difference between citrus and mandarin

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