prince's-plume vs amaranth

amaranth vs prince's-plume

prince's-plume and amaranth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prince's-plume	Yes	No	No	No
amaranth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, amaranth is a hypernym of prince's-plume; that is, amaranth is a word with a broader meaning than prince's-plume:

prince's-plume: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
amaranth: any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

prince's-plume (noun)	amaranth (noun)
perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome	any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal	seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America
annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America

Difference between prince's-plume and amaranth

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