olive vs green olive

green olive vs olive

olive and green olive both are nouns.

olive is an adjective but green olive is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, green olive is a hyponym of olive; that is, green 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
green olive: olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento

Other hyponyms of olive include black olive, ripe olive.

olive (noun)	green olive (noun)
a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation	olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento
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)	green olive (adjective)
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

Difference between olive and green olive

Words related to "green olive"

olive

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