squash vs veggie

veggie vs squash

squash and veggie both are nouns.

squash is a verb but veggie is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
squash	Yes	No	Yes	No
veggie	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, veggie is a hypernym of squash; that is, veggie is a word with a broader meaning than squash:

squash: edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
veggie: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

Other hypernyms of squash include veg, vegetable.

squash (noun)	veggie (noun)
a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets	edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

squash (verb)	veggie (verb)
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

Difference between squash and veggie

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