olive vs ripe olive

ripe olive vs olive

olive and ripe olive both are nouns.

olive is an adjective but ripe olive is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, ripe olive is a hyponym of olive; that is, ripe 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
ripe olive: olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil

Other hyponyms of olive include black olive, green olive.

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

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