pumpkin vs squash

squash vs pumpkin

pumpkin and squash both are nouns.

pumpkin is not a verb while squash is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pumpkin	Yes	No	No	No
squash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, squash is a hypernym of pumpkin; that is, squash is a word with a broader meaning than pumpkin:

pumpkin: a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
squash: any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Other hypernyms of pumpkin include squash vine.

pumpkin (noun)	squash (noun)
usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn	a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes	edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
	any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

pumpkin (verb)	squash (verb)
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

Difference between pumpkin and squash

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