olive drab vs olive

olive vs olive drab

olive drab and olive both are nouns.

olive drab is not an adjective while olive is an adjective.

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

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

olive drab: a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
olive: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

olive drab (noun)	olive (noun)
a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms	a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color	one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown	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 drab (adjective)	olive (adjective)
	of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

Difference between olive drab and olive

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