pluck vs mushroom

mushroom vs pluck

pluck and mushroom both are nouns.

pluck and mushroom both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pluck	Yes	No	Yes	No
mushroom	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, mushroom is a hyponym of pluck; that is, mushroom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pluck:

pluck: look for and gather
mushroom: pick or gather mushrooms

Other hyponyms of pluck include berry.

pluck (noun)	mushroom (noun)
the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord	fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury	a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
	common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
	mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
	any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

pluck (verb)	mushroom (verb)
pull or pull out sharply	grow and spread fast
look for and gather	pick or gather mushrooms
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
strip of feathers
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

Difference between pluck and mushroom

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