sedge vs papyrus

papyrus vs sedge

sedge and papyrus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sedge	Yes	No	No	No
papyrus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, papyrus is a hyponym of sedge; that is, papyrus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sedge:

sedge: grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
papyrus: tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

Other hyponyms of sedge include Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, chufa, Cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass, Cyperus longus, galangal, galingale, Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge, Carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge, Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge, cotton grass, cotton rush, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, Scirpus acutus, Scirpus cyperinus, wool grass, spike rush.

sedge (noun)	papyrus (noun)
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers	a document written on papyrus
	tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
	paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

Difference between sedge and papyrus

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