sugar maple vs maple

maple vs sugar maple

sugar maple and maple both are nouns.

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

As nouns, maple is a hypernym of sugar maple; that is, maple is a word with a broader meaning than sugar maple:

sugar maple: maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
maple: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

sugar maple (noun)	maple (noun)
maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies	any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
	wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

Difference between sugar maple and maple

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