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mashed potato vs potato

potato vs mashed potato

mashed potato and potato both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mashed potato Yes No No No
potato Yes No No No
As nouns, potato is a hypernym of mashed potato; that is, potato is a word with a broader meaning than mashed potato:
  • mashed potato: potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed
  • potato: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Other hypernyms of mashed potato include Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato.
mashed potato (noun) potato (noun)
potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Difference between mashed potato and potato

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