elder vs Sambucus ebulus

Sambucus ebulus vs elder

elder and Sambucus ebulus both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but Sambucus ebulus is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sambucus ebulus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Sambucus ebulus is a hyponym of elder; that is, Sambucus ebulus 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
Sambucus ebulus: dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

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

elder (noun)	Sambucus ebulus (noun)
a person who is older than you are	dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
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)	Sambucus ebulus (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 Sambucus ebulus

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