hemlock vs spruce pine

spruce pine vs hemlock

hemlock and spruce pine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hemlock	Yes	No	No	No
spruce pine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spruce pine is a hyponym of hemlock; that is, spruce pine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hemlock:

hemlock: an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga
spruce pine: common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

Other hyponyms of hemlock include Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana, black hemlock, mountain hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana, Pacific hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, west coast hemlock, western hemlock.

hemlock (noun)	spruce pine (noun)
an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga	large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock	shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous	small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium	common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

Difference between hemlock and spruce pine

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