foodstuff vs Saint-John's-bread

Saint-John's-bread vs foodstuff

foodstuff and Saint-John's-bread both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foodstuff	Yes	No	No	No
Saint-John's-bread	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Saint-John's-bread is a hyponym of foodstuff; that is, Saint-John's-bread is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foodstuff:

foodstuff: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
Saint-John's-bread: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute

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

foodstuff (noun)	Saint-John's-bread (noun)
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer	powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

Difference between foodstuff and Saint-John's-bread

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