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drupe vs olive

olive vs drupe

drupe and olive both are nouns.

drupe is not an adjective while olive is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
drupe Yes No No No
olive Yes Yes No No
As nouns, olive is a hyponym of drupe; that is, olive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than drupe:
  • drupe: fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube
  • olive: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
Other hyponyms of drupe include almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, Chinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube, drupelet.
drupe (noun) olive (noun)
fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
drupe (adjective) olive (adjective)
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
Difference between drupe and olive

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