sedge vs wool grass

wool grass vs sedge

sedge and wool grass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sedge	Yes	No	No	No
wool grass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wool grass is a hyponym of sedge; that is, wool grass 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
wool grass: sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets

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, papyrus, 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, spike rush.

sedge (noun)	wool grass (noun)
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers	grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
	sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets

Difference between sedge and wool grass

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