food vs yolk

food and yolk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
food	Yes	No	No	No
yolk	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, yolk is a hyponym of food; that is, yolk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than food:

food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
yolk: nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

Other hyponyms of food include vitellus, comfort food, comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals, fare, food product, foodstuff, aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals, commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals, feed, provender, manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water, soul food, micronutrient, chyme, culture medium, medium.

food (noun)	yolk (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking	the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

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