wood vs olive

wood and olive both are nouns.

wood is not an adjective while olive is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wood	Yes	No	No	No
olive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, olive is a hyponym of wood; that is, olive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wood:

wood: the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
olive: hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

Other hyponyms of wood include bentwood, pine, larch, fir, cedar, cedarwood, spruce, hemlock, cypress, redwood, citronwood, sandarac, kauri, yellowwood, yew, lancewood, true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood, yellow poplar, zebrawood, cocoswood, cocuswood, granadilla wood, shittimwood, sabicu, sabicu wood, bamboo, tulipwood, balsa, balsa wood, silver quandong, obeche, basswood, linden, beefwood, briarwood, brier-wood, brierwood, beech, beechwood, chestnut, oak, birch, alder, hazel, ash, ironwood, walnut, hickory, pecan, pyinma, gum, gumwood, eucalyptus, tupelo, poon, red lauan, elm, elmwood, brazilwood, locust, logwood, rosewood, kingwood, granadilla wood, blackwood, Panama redwood, quira, red sandalwood, ruby wood, black locust, cherry, fruitwood, lemonwood, incense wood, mahogany, satinwood, orangewood, citronwood, guaiac wood, guaiacum wood, guaiac, guaiacum, lignum vitae, poplar, sandalwood, boxwood, Turkish boxwood, maple, sumac, ebony, lacewood, sycamore, teak, teakwood, dogwood, sapwood, duramen, heartwood, burl, brushwood, cabinet wood, driftwood, log, matchwood, matchwood, splinters, sawdust, wicker, dyewood, hardwood, deal, softwood, raw wood, knot, myall wood, padauk.

wood (noun)	olive (noun)
any wind instrument other than the brass instruments	a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head	one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees	small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
	hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

wood (adjective)	olive (adjective)
	of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

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