water lily vs blue lotus

blue lotus vs water lily

water lily and blue lotus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water lily	Yes	No	No	No
blue lotus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blue lotus is a hyponym of water lily; that is, blue lotus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than water lily:

water lily: an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
blue lotus: blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians

Other hyponyms of water lily include fragrant water lily, Nymphaea odorata, pond lily, water nymph, European white lily, Nymphaea alba, Egyptian water lily, lotus, Nymphaea lotus, white lily, white lotus, Nymphaea caerulea, Nymphaea stellata, cow lily, Nuphar advena, spatterdock, yellow pond lily, Nuphar sagittifolium, southern spatterdock, Nuphar lutea, yellow water lily, Indian lotus, lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus, American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapin, Cabomba caroliniana, fanwort, water-shield, Brasenia schreberi, water-shield, water-target.

water lily (noun)	blue lotus (noun)
an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae	blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
	blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia

Difference between water lily and blue lotus

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