cotton wool vs short-staple cotton

cotton wool and short-staple cotton both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cotton wool	Yes	No	No	No
short-staple cotton	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, short-staple cotton is a hyponym of cotton wool; that is, short-staple cotton is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cotton wool:

cotton wool: soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
short-staple cotton: cotton with relatively short fibers

Other hyponyms of cotton wool include absorbent cotton, long-staple cotton.

cotton wool (noun)	short-staple cotton (noun)
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state	cotton with relatively short fibers

cotton wool vs short-staple cotton

cotton wool and short-staple cotton both are nouns.

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