edible nut vs walnut

walnut vs edible nut

edible nut and walnut both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
edible nut	Yes	No	No	No
walnut	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, walnut is a hyponym of edible nut; that is, walnut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than edible nut:

edible nut: a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
walnut: nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

Other hyponyms of edible nut include bunya bunya, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut, almond, quandong nut, beechnut, brazil, brazil nut, butternut, souari nut, cashew, cashew nut, chestnut, chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin, cob, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut, cocoanut, coconut, grugru nut, hickory nut, macadamia nut, pecan, pignolia, pine nut, pinon nut, pistachio, pistachio nut.

edible nut (noun)	walnut (noun)
a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell	nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
	any of various trees of the genus Juglans
	hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

Difference between edible nut and walnut

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