tyke vs peanut

tyke and peanut both are nouns.

tyke is not an adjective while peanut is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tyke	Yes	No	No	No
peanut	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

tyke: a young person of either sex
peanut: a young child who is small for his age

Other hyponyms of tyke include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

tyke (noun)	peanut (noun)
a young person of either sex	pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement	a young child who is small for his age
	widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
	underground pod of the peanut vine

tyke (adjective)	peanut (adjective)
	of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

Difference between tyke and peanut

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