cottonwood vs lime

lime vs cottonwood

cottonwood and lime both are nouns.

cottonwood is not a verb while lime is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cottonwood	Yes	No	No	No
lime	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, lime is a hypernym of cottonwood; that is, lime is a word with a broader meaning than cottonwood:

cottonwood: American basswood of the Allegheny region
lime: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

Other hypernyms of cottonwood include basswood, lime tree, linden, linden tree.

cottonwood (noun)	lime (noun)
any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed	the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
American basswood of the Allegheny region	any of various related trees bearing limes
	any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
	a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
	a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
	a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

cottonwood (verb)	lime (verb)
	cover with lime so as to induce growth
	spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

Difference between cottonwood and lime

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