nightshade vs kangaroo apple

kangaroo apple vs nightshade

nightshade and kangaroo apple both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nightshade	Yes	No	No	No
kangaroo apple	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kangaroo apple is a hyponym of nightshade; that is, kangaroo apple is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nightshade:

nightshade: any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
kangaroo apple: Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit

Other hyponyms of nightshade include poroporo, Solanum aviculare, ball nettle, ball nightshade, bull nettle, horse nettle, Solanum carolinense, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade, prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, trompillo, white horse nettle, African holly, Solanum giganteum, black nightshade, common nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry, Solanum nigrum, Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, winter cherry, buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum.

nightshade (noun)	kangaroo apple (noun)
any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit	Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit

Difference between nightshade and kangaroo apple

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