elder vs black elderberry

black elderberry vs elder

elder and black elderberry both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but black elderberry is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
black elderberry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, black elderberry is a hyponym of elder; that is, black elderberry 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
black elderberry: common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

Other hyponyms of elder include American elder, 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, European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	black elderberry (noun)
a person who is older than you are	common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
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)	black elderberry (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 black elderberry

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