olive vs black olive

black olive vs olive

olive and black olive both are nouns.

olive is an adjective but black olive is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
olive	Yes	Yes	No	No
black olive	Yes	No	No	No

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

olive: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
black olive: olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil

Other hyponyms of olive include ripe olive, green olive.

olive (noun)	black olive (noun)
a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation	olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil
one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

olive (adjective)	black olive (adjective)
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

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