peanut vs legume

legume vs peanut

peanut and legume both are nouns.

peanut is an adjective but legume is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peanut	Yes	Yes	No	No
legume	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of peanut; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than peanut:

peanut: widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

Other hypernyms of peanut include leguminous plant.

peanut (noun)	legume (noun)
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms	the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
a young child who is small for his age	an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground	the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
underground pod of the peanut vine

peanut (adjective)	legume (adjective)
of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

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