written document vs papyrus

papyrus vs written document

written document and papyrus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
written document	Yes	No	No	No
papyrus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, papyrus is a hyponym of written document; that is, papyrus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than written document:

written document: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
papyrus: a document written on papyrus

Other hyponyms of written document include ballot, brevet, capitulation, certificate, certification, credential, credentials, charter, commercial document, commercial instrument, confession, copyright, right of first publication, enclosure, inclosure, form, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, patent, patent of invention, platform, political platform, political program, program, resignation, declaration, resolution, resolve, source, specification, voucher, report, study, written report.

written document (noun)	papyrus (noun)
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)	a document written on papyrus
	tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
	paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

Difference between written document and papyrus

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