weed vs cannabis

cannabis vs weed

weed and cannabis both are nouns.

weed is a verb but cannabis is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weed	Yes	No	Yes	No
cannabis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cannabis is a hypernym of weed; that is, cannabis is a word with a broader meaning than weed:

weed: street names for marijuana
cannabis: the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

Other hypernyms of weed include ganja, marihuana, marijuana.

weed (noun)	cannabis (noun)
street names for marijuana	the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning	any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

weed (verb)	cannabis (verb)
clear of weeds

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