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milk vs colostrum

colostrum vs milk

milk and colostrum both are nouns.

milk is a verb but colostrum is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
milk Yes No Yes No
colostrum Yes No No No
As nouns, colostrum is a hyponym of milk; that is, colostrum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than milk:
  • milk: produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
  • colostrum: milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition
Other hyponyms of milk include mother's milk, foremilk.
milk (noun) colostrum (noun)
produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
any of several nutritive milklike liquids
milk (verb) colostrum (verb)
take milk from female mammals
add milk to
exploit as much as possible
Difference between milk and colostrum

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