olive vs olive tree

olive tree vs olive

olive and olive tree both are nouns.

olive is an adjective but olive tree is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, olive tree is a hypernym of olive; that is, olive tree is a word with a broader meaning than olive:

olive: evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
olive tree: a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit

olive (noun)	olive tree (noun)
a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation	a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
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)	olive tree (adjective)
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

Difference between olive and olive tree

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