dogwood vs cornel

dogwood and cornel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dogwood	Yes	No	No	No
cornel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dogwood and cornel are synonyms defined as:

dogwood and cornel: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Other synonyms of dogwood include dogwood tree.

dogwood (noun)	cornel (noun)
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers	a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood