WordCmp.com

veggie vs legume

legume vs veggie

veggie and legume both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
veggie Yes No No No
legume Yes No No No
As nouns, legume is a hyponym of veggie; that is, legume is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than veggie:
  • veggie: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  • legume: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
Other hyponyms of veggie include julienne, julienne vegetable, rabbit food, raw vegetable, potherb, green, greens, leafy vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, root vegetable, pieplant, rhubarb, cruciferous vegetable, squash, cucumber, cuke, artichoke, globe artichoke, artichoke heart, asparagus, bamboo shoot, onion, leek, cardoon, celery, gumbo, okra, mushroom, pumpkin, earthnut, truffle, plantain, fennel, finocchio, Florence fennel.
veggie (noun) legume (noun)
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
Difference between veggie and legume

Words related to "veggie"

Words related to "legume"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.