ling vs heath
heath vs lingling and heath both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ling | Yes | No | No | No |
| heath | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
heath is a hypernym of
ling; that is, heath is a
word with a broader meaning than ling:
- ling: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere
- heath: a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
| ling (noun) | heath (noun) |
|---|---|
| elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried | a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation |
| American hakes | a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers |
| elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | |
| common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | |
| water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs |
Words related to "ling"
Words related to "heath"
- Brewer's mountain heather
- Britain
- Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
- Bryanthus taxifolius
- Calluna vulgaris
- Cassiope mertensiana
- Connemara heath
- Daboecia cantabrica
- Ericaceae
- Great Britain
- Phyllodoce breweri
- Phyllodoce caerulea
- Scots heather
- St. Dabeoc's heath
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- barren
- broom
- bush
- erica
- family Ericaceae
- heath family
- heather
- heathland
- ling
- mountain heath
- purple heather
- shrub
- spike heath
- true heath
- waste
- wasteland
- white heather
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