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flower vs old maid

old maid vs flower

flower and old maid both are nouns.

flower is a verb but old maid is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flower Yes No Yes No
old maid Yes No No No
As nouns, old maid is a hyponym of flower; that is, old maid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than flower:
  • flower: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
  • old maid: any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Other hyponyms of flower include bloomer, paeony, peony, lesser celandine, pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria, Adonis annua, pheasant's-eye, anemone, windflower, Anemonella thalictroides, rue anemone, aquilege, aquilegia, columbine, Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur, delphinium, nigella, peace lily, spathe flower, spathiphyllum, arum lily, calla, calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica, sandwort, garden pink, pink, babies'-breath, baby's breath, Gypsophila paniculata, catchfly, lychnis, Moehringia lateriflora, sandwort, Moehringia mucosa, sandwort, bouncing Bess, bouncing Bet, hedge pink, Saponaria officinalis, soapwort, campion, catchfly, silene, cow cockle, cowherb, Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, fig marigold, pebble plant, bachelor's button, globe amaranth, Gomphrena globosa, Nyctaginia capitata, scarlet musk flower, umbrellawort, four o'clock, portulaca, Carolina spring beauty, Claytonia caroliniana, Clatonia lanceolata, spring beauty, Claytonia virginica, Virginia spring beauty, Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri, wallflower, prairie rocket, wallflower, prairie rocket, Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanum, Erysimum asperum, western wall flower, heliophila, damask violet, Dame's violet, Hesperis matronalis, sweet rocket, candytuft, Lobularia maritima, sweet alison, sweet alyssum, Malcolm stock, stock, Malcolmia maritima, Virginia stock, Virginian stock, gillyflower, stock, schizopetalon, Schizopetalon walkeri, poppy, corydalis, Glaucium flavum, horn poppy, horned poppy, sea poppy, yellow horned poppy, composite, composite plant, ageratum, Amberboa moschata, Centaurea moschata, sweet sultan, ammobium, African daisy, Arctotis stoechadifolia, Arctotis venusta, blue-eyed African daisy, aster, daisy, Brachycome Iberidifolia, Swan River daisy, calendula, Callistephus chinensis, China aster, catananche, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus, cornflower, Centaurea imperialis, sweet sultan, chrysanthemum, ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower, cosmea, cosmos, brass buttons, Cotula coronopifolia, billy buttons, dahlia, Dahlia pinnata, cape marigold, star of the veldt, sun marigold, coneflower, blue daisy, blue marguerite, Felicia amelloides, Felicia bergeriana, kingfisher daisy, cotton rose, cudweed, filago, gazania, African daisy, helianthus, sunflower, Layia platyglossa, tidy tips, tidytips, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Leucanthemum vulgare, marguerite, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, oxeye daisy, white daisy, Lindheimera texana, Texas star, African daisy, Lonas annua, Lonas inodora, yellow ageratum, cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus, florest's cineraria, Pericallis hybrida, coneflower, white-topped aster, cornflower aster, stokes' aster, Stokesia laevis, marigold, Chrysanthemum coccineum, painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum coccineum, Mexican sunflower, tithonia, Easter daisy, stemless daisy, Townsendia Exscapa, ursinia, xeranthemum, old maid flower, zinnia, blazing star, Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia livicaulis, bartonia, Mentzelia lindleyi, orchid, orchidaceous plant, cyclamen, Cyclamen purpurascens, Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanum, sowbread, shortia, centaury, gentian, begonia, Sparaxis tricolor, wandflower, Bessera elegans, coral drops, Christmas bells, bellwort, merry bells, wild oats, Polianthes tuberosa, tuberose, commelina, scabiosa, scabious, Lithophragma affine, Lithophragma affinis, Tellima affinis, woodland star, achimenes, hot water plant, Alsobia dianthiflora, Episcia dianthiflora, lace-flower vine, African violet, Saintpaulia ionantha, streptocarpus, phacelia, scorpion weed, scorpionweed, snapdragon, calceolaria, slipperwort, gerardia, butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, toadflax, wild snapdragon, speedwell, veronica, browallia, bush violet, petunia, butterfly flower, poor man's orchid, schizanthus, verbena, vervain, valerian, Centranthus ruber, French honeysuckle, red valerian.
flower (noun) old maid (noun)
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts an elderly unmarried woman
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity the loser in a game of old maid
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
flower (verb) old maid (verb)
produce or yield flowers
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