silk-cotton tree vs ceiba tree

silk-cotton tree and ceiba tree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silk-cotton tree	Yes	No	No	No
ceiba tree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, silk-cotton tree and ceiba tree are synonyms defined as:

silk-cotton tree and ceiba tree: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

Other synonyms of silk-cotton tree include Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, God tree, kapok, white silk-cotton tree.

silk-cotton tree (noun)	ceiba tree (noun)
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber	massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber