grey birch vs birch

birch vs grey birch

grey birch and birch both are nouns.

grey birch is not an adjective while birch is an adjective.

grey birch is not a verb while birch is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grey birch	Yes	No	No	No
birch	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, birch is a hypernym of grey birch; that is, birch is a word with a broader meaning than grey birch:

grey birch: medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
birch: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

Other hypernyms of grey birch include birch tree.

grey birch (noun)	birch (noun)
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree	a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
	any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
	hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

grey birch (adjective)	birch (adjective)
	consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

grey birch (verb)	birch (verb)
	whip with a birch twig

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