white oak vs bur oak

bur oak vs white oak

white oak and bur oak both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
white oak	Yes	No	No	No
bur oak	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bur oak is a hyponym of white oak; that is, bur oak is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than white oak:

white oak: any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
bur oak: medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

Other hyponyms of white oak include American white oak, Quercus alba, Arizona white oak, Quercus arizonica, Quercus bicolor, swamp oak, swamp white oak, Garry oak, Oregon oak, Oregon white oak, Quercus garryana, California white oak, Quercus lobata, roble, valley oak, valley white oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa, durmast, Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora, common oak, English oak, pedunculate oak, Quercus robur.

white oak (noun)	bur oak (noun)
any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf	medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

Difference between white oak and bur oak

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