orange vs marmalade orange

marmalade orange vs orange

orange and marmalade orange both are nouns.

orange is an adjective but marmalade orange is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
orange	Yes	Yes	No	No
marmalade orange	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, marmalade orange is a hyponym of orange; that is, marmalade orange is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than orange:

orange: any citrus tree bearing oranges
marmalade orange: any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

Other hyponyms of orange include bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, sour orange, bergamot, bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia, Citrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange tree, Citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree.

orange (noun)	marmalade orange (noun)
orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow	any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
any citrus tree bearing oranges
any pigment producing the orange color

orange (adjective)	marmalade orange (adjective)
of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

Difference between orange and marmalade orange

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