soup vs potage

soup and potage both are nouns.

soup is a verb but potage is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soup	Yes	No	Yes	No
potage	Yes	No	No	No

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

soup: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
potage: thick (often creamy) soup

Other hyponyms of soup include soup du jour, alphabet soup, consomme, bisque, borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch, broth, broth, stock, chicken soup, cock-a-leekie, cocky-leeky, gazpacho, gumbo, julienne, marmite, mock turtle soup, mulligatawny, oxtail soup, pea soup, pepper pot, Philadelphia pepper pot, minestrone, petite marmite, vegetable soup, pottage, green turtle soup, turtle soup, eggdrop soup, chowder, won ton, wonton, wonton soup, split-pea soup, green pea soup, potage St. Germain, lentil soup, Scotch broth, vichyssoise, carrot soup, rice soup, cream of mushroom soup, cauliflower soup, blueberry soup, chard soup.

soup (noun)	potage (noun)
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food	thick (often creamy) soup
an unfortunate situation
any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

soup (verb)	potage (verb)
dope (a racehorse)

Difference between soup and potage

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