sedge vs yellow nutgrass

yellow nutgrass vs sedge

sedge and yellow nutgrass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sedge	Yes	No	No	No
yellow nutgrass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, yellow nutgrass is a hyponym of sedge; that is, yellow nutgrass 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
yellow nutgrass: European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Other hyponyms of sedge include Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, chufa, Cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, 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, wool grass, spike rush.

sedge (noun)	yellow nutgrass (noun)
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers	European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Difference between sedge and yellow nutgrass

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