elderberry vs elder
elder vs elderberryelderberry and elder both are nouns.
elderberry is not an adjective while elder is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elderberry | Yes | No | No | No |
| elder | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
elder is a hypernym of
elderberry; that is, elder is a
word with a broader meaning than elderberry:
- elderberry: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
- elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Other hypernyms of elderberry include
elderberry bush.
| elderberry (noun) | elder (noun) |
|---|---|
| berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies | 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 |
| elderberry (adjective) | elder (adjective) |
|---|---|
| used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son |
Words related to "elderberry"
Words related to "elder"
- American elder
- American red elder
- European elder
- European red elder
- Sambucus
- Sambucus caerulea
- Sambucus canadensis
- Sambucus ebulus
- Sambucus nigra
- Sambucus pubens
- Sambucus racemosa
- actor
- black elder
- black elderberry
- blue elder
- blue elderberry
- bourtree
- bush
- church officer
- common elder
- danewort
- dean
- doer
- doyen
- doyenne
- dwarf elder
- elderberry
- elderberry bush
- eldership
- genus Sambucus
- older
- presbyter
- red-berried elder
- senior
- senpai
- shrub
- sr.
- stinking elder
- sweet elder
- worker
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