foodstuff vs carob

carob vs foodstuff

foodstuff and carob both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foodstuff	Yes	No	No	No
carob	Yes	No	No	No

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

foodstuff: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
carob: 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 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.

foodstuff (noun)	carob (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	evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
	long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

Difference between foodstuff and carob

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