hazel vs filbert
filbert vs hazelhazel and filbert both are nouns.
hazel is an adjective but filbert is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hazel | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| filbert | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
filbert is a hyponym of
hazel; that is, filbert is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
hazel:
- hazel: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
- filbert: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
Other hyponyms of hazel include
American hazel, Corylus americana, cobnut, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, beaked hazelnut, Corylus cornuta.
| hazel (noun) | filbert (noun) |
|---|---|
| a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes | nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus |
| any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk | small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe |
| Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts | |
| the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) |
| hazel (adjective) | filbert (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of a light brown or yellowish brown color |
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