pericarp vs stone

stone vs pericarp

pericarp and stone both are nouns.

pericarp is not an adjective while stone is an adjective.

pericarp is not a verb while stone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pericarp	Yes	No	No	No
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

pericarp: the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
stone: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Other hyponyms of pericarp include epicarp, exocarp, mesocarp, endocarp, pit, capsule, bur, burr.

pericarp (noun)	stone (noun)
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary	building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
	a lack of feeling or expression or movement
	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
	an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
	material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
	a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

pericarp (adjective)	stone (adjective)
	of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

pericarp (verb)	stone (verb)
	remove the pits from
	kill by throwing stones at

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