wild plum vs plum

plum vs wild plum

wild plum and plum both are nouns.

wild plum is not an adverb while plum is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wild plum	Yes	No	No	No
plum	Yes	No	No	Yes

As nouns, plum is a hypernym of wild plum; that is, plum is a word with a broader meaning than wild plum:

wild plum: an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
plum: any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

Other hypernyms of wild plum include plum tree.

wild plum (noun)	plum (noun)
fruit of the wild plum of southern United States	a highly desirable position or assignment
an uncultivated plum tree or shrub	any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
	any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

wild plum (adverb)	plum (adverb)
	exactly
	completely; used as intensifiers

Difference between wild plum and plum

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