elder vs Sambucus pubens

Sambucus pubens vs elder

elder and Sambucus pubens both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, Sambucus pubens is a hyponym of elder; that is, Sambucus pubens 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 pubens: common North American shrub or small tree

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, stinking elder, European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	Sambucus pubens (noun)
a person who is older than you are	common North American shrub or small tree
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 pubens (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 pubens

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