food product vs roughage

roughage vs food product

food product and roughage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
food product	Yes	No	No	No
roughage	Yes	No	No	No

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

food product: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
roughage: coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Other hyponyms of food product include starches, breadstuff, coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring, concentrate, meal, fiber, fibre, flour, frozen food, frozen foods, canned food, canned foods, canned goods, tinned goods, dehydrated food, dehydrated foods, carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, tapioca, cocoa, cereal, food grain, grain, fixings, ingredient, egg, eggs, dairy product, milk, curd, concoction, intermixture, mixture, juice, perishable, spoilable, macerate.

food product (noun)	roughage (noun)
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food	coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Difference between food product and roughage

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