olive vs drupe
drupe vs oliveolive and drupe both are nouns.
olive is an adjective but drupe is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| olive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| drupe | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
drupe is a hypernym of
olive; that is, drupe is a
word with a broader meaning than olive:
- olive: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
- drupe: fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube
Other hypernyms of olive include
relish, stone fruit.
| olive (noun) | drupe (noun) |
|---|---|
| a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation | fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube |
| 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) | drupe (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive |
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