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everlasting vs pearly everlasting

pearly everlasting vs everlasting

everlasting and pearly everlasting both are nouns.

everlasting is an adjective but pearly everlasting is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
everlasting Yes Yes No No
pearly everlasting Yes No No No
As nouns, pearly everlasting is a hyponym of everlasting; that is, pearly everlasting 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
  • pearly everlasting: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
everlasting (noun) pearly everlasting (noun)
any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
everlasting (adjective) pearly everlasting (adjective)
continuing forever or indefinitely
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Difference between everlasting and pearly everlasting

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