nut vs cedar nut

nut and cedar nut both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nut	Yes	No	Yes	No
cedar nut	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of nut include edible nut, cembra nut, cola nut, kola nut, mast, palm kernel, palm nut, nutlet.

nut (noun)	cedar nut (noun)
a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt	the seed of the Swiss pine
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
a whimsically eccentric person
usually large hard-shelled seed
half the width of an em

nut (verb)	cedar nut (verb)
gather nuts