silver maple vs maple

maple vs silver maple

silver maple and maple both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silver maple	Yes	No	No	No
maple	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maple is a hypernym of silver maple; that is, maple is a word with a broader meaning than silver maple:

silver maple: a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood
maple: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

silver maple (noun)	maple (noun)
a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood	any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
	wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

Difference between silver maple and maple

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