heath vs broom

heath and broom both are nouns.

heath is not a verb while broom is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
heath	Yes	No	No	No
broom	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

heath: a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
broom: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

Other hyponyms of heath include erica, true heath, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, spike heath, Calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, Scots heather, Cassiope mertensiana, white heather, Connemara heath, Daboecia cantabrica, St. Dabeoc's heath, Bryanthus taxifolius, mountain heath, Phyllodoce caerulea, Brewer's mountain heather, Phyllodoce breweri, purple heather.

heath (noun)	broom (noun)
a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation	a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers	any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
	common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

heath (verb)	broom (verb)
	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
	finish with a broom

Difference between heath and broom

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