pink vs sweet William

sweet William vs pink

pink and sweet William both are nouns.

pink is an adjective but sweet William is not an adjective.

pink is a verb but sweet William is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pink	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
sweet William	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sweet William is a hyponym of pink; that is, sweet William is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pink:

pink: any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
sweet William: Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers

Other hyponyms of pink include Dianthus barbatus, carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower, china pink, Dianthus chinensis, rainbow pink, Dianthus deltoides, maiden pink, cheddar pink, Diangus gratianopolitanus, button pink, Dianthus latifolius, cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius, grass pink, Dianthus supurbus, fringed pink.

pink (noun)	sweet William (noun)
a light shade of red	Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
a person with mildly leftist political views
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

pink (adjective)	sweet William (adjective)
of a light shade of red

pink (verb)	sweet William (verb)
cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
make light, repeated taps on a surface
sound like a car engine that is firing too early

Difference between pink and sweet William

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