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pod vs legume

legume vs pod

pod and legume both are nouns.

pod is a verb but legume is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pod Yes No Yes No
legume Yes No No No
As nouns, legume is a hyponym of pod; that is, legume is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pod:
  • pod: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
  • legume: 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
Other hyponyms of pod include peanut, screw bean, okra, cowage, loment.
pod (noun) legume (noun)
a detachable container of fuel on an airplane the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
a group of aquatic mammals an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant 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
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
pod (verb) legume (verb)
produce pods, of plants
take something out of its shell or pod
Difference between pod and legume

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