crop vs cash crop

cash crop vs crop

crop and cash crop both are nouns.

crop is a verb but cash crop is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crop	Yes	No	Yes	No
cash crop	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cash crop is a hyponym of crop; that is, cash crop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crop:

crop: a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
cash crop: a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)

Other hyponyms of crop include catch crop, cover crop, field crop, root crop.

crop (noun)	cash crop (noun)
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food	a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)
the stock or handle of a whip
the output of something in a season
a collection of people or things appearing together
the yield from plants in a single growing season
a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

crop (verb)	cash crop (verb)
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
feed as in a meadow or pasture
cut short
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
yield crops
prepare for crops

Difference between crop and cash crop

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