velvet plant vs torch

torch vs velvet plant

velvet plant and torch both are nouns.

velvet plant is not a verb while torch is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
velvet plant	Yes	No	No	No
torch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, torch is a hyponym of velvet plant; that is, torch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than velvet plant:

velvet plant: any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
torch: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

Other hyponyms of velvet plant include moth mullein, Verbascum blattaria, Verbascum lychnitis, white mullein, purple mullein, Verbascum phoeniceum, Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein.

velvet plant (noun)	torch (noun)
Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs	a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers	a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
	a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
	tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

velvet plant (verb)	torch (verb)
	burn maliciously, as by arson

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