whin vs shrub

whin and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whin	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of whin; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than whin:

whin: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of whin include bush.

whin (noun)	shrub (noun)
any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

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