citrus vs tangelo

tangelo vs citrus

citrus and tangelo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
citrus	Yes	No	No	No
tangelo	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tangelo is a hyponym of citrus; that is, tangelo 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
tangelo: hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida

Other hyponyms of citrus include orange, orange tree, Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock, citron, citron tree, Citrus medica, Citrus paradisi, grapefruit, Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit, Citrus limonia, lemanderin, rangpur, rangpur lime, Citrus limon, lemon, lemon tree, Citrus aurantifolia, lime, lime tree, citrange, citrange tree, Citroncirus webberi, cumquat, kumquat, kumquat tree.

citrus (noun)	tangelo (noun)
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions	large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
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	hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida

Difference between citrus and tangelo

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