milkweed vs butterfly weed

butterfly weed vs milkweed

milkweed and butterfly weed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
milkweed	Yes	No	No	No
butterfly weed	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, butterfly weed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, butterfly weed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than milkweed:

milkweed: any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
butterfly weed: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

Other hyponyms of milkweed include Asclepias albicans, white milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed, Asclepia meadii, Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens, purple silkweed, Asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata, horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, chigger flower, chiggerflower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root, Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed.

milkweed (noun)	butterfly weed (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts	erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and butterfly weed

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