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currant vs white currant

white currant vs currant

currant and white currant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
currant Yes No No No
white currant Yes No No No
As nouns, white currant is a hyponym of currant; that is, white currant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than currant:
  • currant: any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
  • white currant: the white translucent edible berry of a group of cultivars of the red currant (Ribes rubrum).
Other hyponyms of currant include gooseberry, black currant, red currant.
As nouns, white currant is a hyponym of currant; that is, white currant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than currant:
  • currant: any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
  • white currant: garden currant bearing small white berries
currant (noun) white currant (noun)
any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams the white translucent edible berry of a group of cultivars of the red currant (Ribes rubrum).
small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking garden currant bearing small white berries
any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
Difference between currant and white currant

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