elder vs stinking elder

stinking elder vs elder

elder and stinking elder both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but stinking elder is not an adjective.

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

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

elder (noun)	stinking elder (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)	stinking elder (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 stinking elder

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