deadwood vs branch
branch vs deadwooddeadwood and branch both are nouns.
deadwood is not a verb while branch is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deadwood | Yes | No | No | No |
| branch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
branch is a hypernym of
deadwood; that is, branch is a
word with a broader meaning than deadwood:
- deadwood: a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- branch: a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
| deadwood (noun) | branch (noun) |
|---|---|
| someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded | any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm |
| a branch or a part of a tree that is dead | a division of some larger or more complex organization |
| a stream or river connected to a larger one | |
| a natural consequence of development | |
| a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant | |
| a part of a forked or branching shape |
| deadwood (verb) | branch (verb) |
|---|---|
| divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | |
| grow and send out branches or branch-like structures |
Words related to "deadwood"
Words related to "branch"
- Executive Office of the President
- affluent
- arborise
- arborize
- arm
- bark
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- billabong
- brachium
- branch
- branch out
- branchlet
- branchy
- confluent
- consequence
- crotch
- deadwood
- distributary
- diverge
- division
- effect
- event
- executive branch
- feeder
- fork
- forking
- furcate
- furcation
- grow
- issue
- judicial branch
- leg
- legislative branch
- limb
- local post office
- offset
- offshoot
- outcome
- outgrowth
- post office
- projection
- ramification
- ramify
- result
- separate
- sprig
- stalk
- stem
- stream
- subdivision
- subfigure
- tree branch
- tributary
- trifurcate
- twig
- upshot
- watercourse
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