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sycamore vs maple

maple vs sycamore

sycamore and maple both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sycamore Yes No No No
maple Yes No No No
As nouns, maple is a hypernym of sycamore; that is, maple is a word with a broader meaning than sycamore:
  • sycamore: 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
  • maple: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
sycamore (noun) maple (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 of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
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 maple

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