starch vs arum

starch and arum both are nouns.

starch is a verb but arum is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
starch	Yes	No	Yes	No
arum	Yes	No	No	No

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

starch: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
arum: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

Other hyponyms of starch include cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca, arrowroot, cornflour, cornstarch, sago, amyloid, Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch.

starch (noun)	arum (noun)
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles	any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering	starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

starch (verb)	arum (verb)
stiffen with starch

Difference between starch and arum

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