sycamore vs fig tree

fig tree vs sycamore

sycamore and fig tree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sycamore	Yes	No	No	No
fig tree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fig tree is a hypernym of sycamore; that is, fig tree is a word with a broader meaning than sycamore:

sycamore: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
fig tree: any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature

sycamore (noun)	fig tree (noun)
any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits	any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore

Difference between sycamore and fig tree

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