sugar vs maple sugar

maple sugar vs sugar

sugar and maple sugar both are nouns.

sugar is a verb but maple sugar is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sugar	Yes	No	Yes	No
maple sugar	Yes	No	No	No

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

sugar: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
maple sugar: sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree

Other hyponyms of sugar include ribose, beet sugar, cane sugar, deoxyribose, invert sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar, oligosaccharide, polyose, polysaccharide, jaggary, jaggery, jagghery, wood sugar, xylose.

sugar (noun)	maple sugar (noun)
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative	sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree
informal terms for money
an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

sugar (verb)	maple sugar (verb)
sweeten with sugar

Difference between sugar and maple sugar

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