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fruitcake vs Christmas cake

Christmas cake vs fruitcake

fruitcake and Christmas cake both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fruitcake Yes No No No
Christmas cake Yes No No No
As nouns, Christmas cake is a hyponym of fruitcake; that is, Christmas cake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fruitcake:
  • fruitcake: a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
  • Christmas cake: a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
Other hyponyms of fruitcake include simnel.
fruitcake (noun) Christmas cake (noun)
a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
a whimsically eccentric person
Difference between fruitcake and Christmas cake

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