smut vs plant disease

plant disease vs smut

smut and plant disease both are nouns.

smut is a verb but plant disease is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smut	Yes	No	Yes	No
plant disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plant disease is a hypernym of smut; that is, plant disease is a word with a broader meaning than smut:

smut: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
plant disease: a disease that affects plants

smut (noun)	plant disease (noun)
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire	a disease that affects plants
an offensive or indecent word or phrase
any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

smut (verb)	plant disease (verb)
affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
become affected with smut
make obscene

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