sugar vs wood sugar

wood sugar vs sugar

sugar and wood sugar both are nouns.

sugar is a verb but wood sugar is not a verb.

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

As nouns, wood sugar is a hyponym of sugar; that is, wood 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
wood sugar: a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics

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

sugar (noun)	wood sugar (noun)
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative	a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
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)	wood sugar (verb)
sweeten with sugar

Difference between sugar and wood sugar

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