lather vs birch

birch vs lather

lather and birch both are nouns.

lather is not an adjective while birch is an adjective.

lather and birch both are verbs.

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

As verbs, birch is a hyponym of lather; that is, birch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lather:

lather: beat severely with a whip or rod
birch: whip with a birch twig

Other hyponyms of lather include flagellate, scourge, leather, horsewhip, switch, cowhide, cat.

lather (noun)	birch (noun)
the froth produced by soaps or detergents	a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)	any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
a workman who puts up laths	hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
agitation resulting from active worry

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

lather (verb)	birch (verb)
rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning	whip with a birch twig
exude sweat or lather
form a lather
beat severely with a whip or rod

Difference between lather and birch

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