dressing vs blue cheese dressing

blue cheese dressing vs dressing

dressing and blue cheese dressing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dressing	Yes	No	No	No
blue cheese dressing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blue cheese dressing is a hyponym of dressing; that is, blue cheese dressing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dressing:

dressing: savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
blue cheese dressing: creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese

Other hyponyms of dressing include sauce Louis, bleu cheese dressing, Roquefort dressing, French dressing, sauce vinaigrette, vinaigrette, Lorenzo dressing, anchovy dressing, Italian dressing, half-and-half dressing, mayo, mayonnaise, Russian dressing, Russian mayonnaise, salad cream, Thousand Island dressing.

dressing (noun)	blue cheese dressing (noun)
the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes	creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
the act of applying a bandage	vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese
processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
a cloth covering for a wound or sore
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

Difference between dressing and blue cheese dressing

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