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pearly everlasting vs everlasting

everlasting vs pearly everlasting

pearly everlasting and everlasting both are nouns.

pearly everlasting is not an adjective while everlasting is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pearly everlasting Yes No No No
everlasting Yes Yes No No
As nouns, everlasting is a hypernym of pearly everlasting; that is, everlasting is a word with a broader meaning than pearly everlasting:
  • pearly everlasting: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
  • everlasting: any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
Other hypernyms of pearly everlasting include everlasting flower.
pearly everlasting (noun) everlasting (noun)
an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
pearly everlasting (adjective) everlasting (adjective)
continuing forever or indefinitely
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Difference between pearly everlasting and everlasting

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