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everlasting vs cottonweed

cottonweed vs everlasting

everlasting and cottonweed both are nouns.

everlasting is an adjective but cottonweed is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
everlasting Yes Yes No No
cottonweed Yes No No No
As nouns, cottonweed is a hyponym of everlasting; that is, cottonweed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than everlasting:
  • everlasting: any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
  • cottonweed: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
everlasting (noun) cottonweed (noun)
any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
everlasting (adjective) cottonweed (adjective)
continuing forever or indefinitely
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Difference between everlasting and cottonweed

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