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weed vs nettle

nettle vs weed

weed and nettle both are nouns.

weed and nettle both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
weed Yes No Yes No
nettle Yes No Yes No
As nouns, nettle is a hyponym of weed; that is, nettle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weed:
  • weed: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
  • nettle: any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
Other hyponyms of weed include Agrostemma githago, corn campion, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field, knawe, knawel, Scleranthus annuus, corn spurrey, corn spurry, Spergula arvensis, sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra, carpetweed, Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata, alligator grass, alligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides, Barbarea vulgaris, rockcress, rocket cress, Sisymbrium barbarea, yellow rocket, Erysimum cheiranthoides, wormseed mustard, jointed charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum, runch, wild radish, wild rape, pennycress, ambrosia, bitterweed, ragweed, thistle, Barnaby's thistle, Centaurea solstitialis, yellow star-thistle, Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane, horseweed, Erechtites hieracifolia, fireweed, Hieracium praealtum, king devil, yellow hawkweed, California dandelion, capeweed, cat's-ear, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata, bastard feverfew, Parthenium hysterophorus, bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, bugloss, oxtongue, Picris echioides, Hieracium aurantiacum, orange hawkweed, Pilosella aurantiaca, Senecio doublasii, threadleaf groundsel, benweed, ragweed, ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort, groundsel, Senecio vulgaris, cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur, cockleburr, tumbleweed, madnep, wild parsnip.
weed (noun) nettle (noun)
street names for marijuana any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
weed (verb) nettle (verb)
clear of weeds cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
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