sorrel vs yellow dock

yellow dock vs sorrel

sorrel and yellow dock both are nouns.

sorrel is an adjective but yellow dock is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sorrel	Yes	Yes	No	No
yellow dock	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, yellow dock is a hyponym of sorrel; that is, yellow dock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorrel:

sorrel: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
yellow dock: European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America

Other hyponyms of sorrel include garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa, sour dock, Rumex acetosella, sheep's sorrel, sheep sorrel, bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, French sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus.

sorrel (noun)	yellow dock (noun)
a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color	European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

sorrel (adjective)	yellow dock (adjective)
of a light brownish color

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