elder vs European red elder

European red elder vs elder

elder and European red elder both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but European red elder is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
European red elder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, European red elder is a hyponym of elder; that is, European red elder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than elder:

elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
European red elder: Eurasian shrub

Other hyponyms of elder include American elder, black elderberry, Sambucus canadensis, sweet elder, blue elder, blue elderberry, Sambucus caerulea, danewort, dwarf elder, Sambucus ebulus, black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra, American red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus pubens, stinking elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	European red elder (noun)
a person who is older than you are	Eurasian shrub
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elder (adjective)	European red elder (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Difference between elder and European red elder

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