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reed vs wood

wood vs reed

reed and wood both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reed Yes No No No
wood Yes No No No
As nouns, wood is a hypernym of reed; that is, wood is a word with a broader meaning than reed:
  • reed: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
  • wood: any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
Other hypernyms of reed include woodwind, woodwind instrument.
reed (noun) wood (noun)
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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