elder vs elderberry

elderberry vs elder

elder and elderberry both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but elderberry is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, elderberry is a hyponym of elder; that is, 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
elderberry: 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, bourtree, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra, American red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus pubens, stinking elder, European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	elderberry (noun)
a person who is older than you are	berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
any of various church officers	a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elder (adjective)	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 elderberry

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