yellow vs lemon

lemon vs yellow

yellow and lemon both are nouns.

yellow is an adjective but lemon is not an adjective.

yellow is a verb but lemon is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yellow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
lemon	Yes	No	No	No

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

yellow: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
lemon: a strong yellow color

Other hyponyms of yellow include canary, canary yellow, amber, gold, brownish yellow, gamboge, lemon yellow, maize, old gold, orange yellow, saffron, pale yellow, straw, wheat, greenish yellow.

yellow (noun)	lemon (noun)
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons	an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
	a strong yellow color
	a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
	yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
	a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

yellow (adjective)	lemon (adjective)
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
easily frightened
cowardly or treacherous
changed to a yellowish color by age
typical of tabloids
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

yellow (verb)	lemon (verb)
turn yellow

Difference between yellow and lemon

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