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common elder vs elder

elder vs common elder

common elder and elder both are nouns.

common elder is not an adjective while elder is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
common elder Yes No No No
elder Yes Yes No No
As nouns, elder is a hypernym of common elder; that is, elder is a word with a broader meaning than common elder:
  • common elder: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
  • elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Other hypernyms of common elder include elderberry bush.
common elder (noun) elder (noun)
a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies a person who is older than you are
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
common elder (adjective) elder (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Difference between common elder and elder

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