mahogany vs Spanish cedar

Spanish cedar vs mahogany

mahogany and Spanish cedar both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mahogany	Yes	No	No	No
Spanish cedar	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Spanish cedar is a hyponym of mahogany; that is, Spanish cedar is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mahogany:

mahogany: any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
Spanish cedar: tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

Other hyponyms of mahogany include Cedrela odorata, Spanish cedar tree, African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, sapele mahogany, African mahogany, Cuban mahogany, Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani, true mahogany, Honduras mahogany, Swietinia macrophylla, Cedrela calantas, kalantas, Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, Toona calantas, hardtack.

mahogany (noun)	Spanish cedar (noun)
a shade of brown with a tinge of red	tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes
any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

Difference between mahogany and Spanish cedar

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