seed vs bean

seed and bean both are nouns.

seed and bean both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
seed	Yes	No	Yes	No
bean	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

seed: a small hard fruit
bean: any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

Other hyponyms of seed include edible seed, coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry, pip, bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed, Job's tears, oil-rich seed, oilseed, safflower seed, caryopsis, grain, ash-key, coquilla nut, babassu nut, cohune nut, apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory, neem seed, buckeye, conker, horse chestnut, jumping bean, jumping seed, Mexican jumping bean, nut.

seed (noun)	bean (noun)
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract	informal terms for a human head
anything that provides inspiration for later work	any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
one of the outstanding players in a tournament	any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
a small hard fruit	any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

seed (verb)	bean (verb)
inoculate with microorganisms	hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
remove the seeds from
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
go to seed; shed seeds
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
bear seeds
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

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