elder vs bourtree

bourtree vs elder

elder and bourtree both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but bourtree is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
bourtree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bourtree is a hyponym of elder; that is, bourtree 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
bourtree: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

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, 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)	bourtree (noun)
a person who is older than you are	a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for 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)	bourtree (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 bourtree

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