elder vs blue elderberry

blue elderberry vs elder

elder and blue elderberry both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, blue elderberry is a hyponym of elder; that is, blue 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
blue elderberry: shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

Other hyponyms of elder include American elder, black elderberry, Sambucus canadensis, sweet elder, blue elder, 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)	blue elderberry (noun)
a person who is older than you are	shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue 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)	blue 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 blue elderberry

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