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legume vs bean

bean vs legume

legume and bean both are nouns.

legume is not a verb while bean is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
legume Yes No No No
bean Yes No Yes No
As nouns, bean is a hyponym of legume; that is, bean is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than legume:
  • legume: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
  • bean: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
Other hyponyms of legume include pulse, edible bean, lentil, pea, chickpea, garbanzo, black-eyed pea, cowpea.
As nouns, bean is a hyponym of legume; that is, bean is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than legume:
  • legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
  • bean: any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
Other hyponyms of legume include Arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine, chickpea, chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, cluster bean, Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, guar, Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant, wild pea, Lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plant, Dolichos biflorus, horse grain, horse gram, Macrotyloma uniflorum, poor man's pulse, crazy weed, crazyweed, locoweed, bean plant, pea, pea plant, sesbania, vetch, moth bean, Phaseolus aconitifolius, Vigna aconitifolia, adsuki bean, adzuki bean, Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower, snail bean, snail flower, snailflower, Vigna caracalla, mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata, black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, asparagus bean, Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, yard-long bean.
legume (noun) bean (noun)
the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) informal terms for a human head
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
legume (verb) bean (verb)
hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
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