white oak vs swamp oak

swamp oak vs white oak

white oak and swamp oak both are nouns.

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

As nouns, swamp oak is a hyponym of white oak; that is, swamp 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
swamp oak: large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil

Other hyponyms of white oak include American white oak, Quercus alba, Arizona white oak, Quercus arizonica, Quercus bicolor, swamp white oak, Garry oak, Oregon oak, Oregon white oak, Quercus garryana, California white oak, Quercus lobata, roble, valley oak, valley white oak, bur 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)	swamp 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	Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
	large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil
	fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil

Difference between white oak and swamp oak

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