water chinquapin vs American lotus

water chinquapin and American lotus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water chinquapin	Yes	No	No	No
American lotus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, water chinquapin and American lotus are synonyms defined as:

water chinquapin and American lotus: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

Other synonyms of water chinquapin include Nelumbo lutea, yanquapin.

water chinquapin (noun)	American lotus (noun)
edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin	water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds