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Chinese chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut vs Chinese chestnut

Chinese chestnut and chestnut both are nouns.

Chinese chestnut is not an adjective while chestnut is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Chinese chestnut Yes No No No
chestnut Yes Yes No No
As nouns, chestnut is a hypernym of Chinese chestnut; that is, chestnut is a word with a broader meaning than Chinese chestnut:
  • Chinese chestnut: a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
  • chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
Other hypernyms of Chinese chestnut include chestnut tree.
Chinese chestnut (noun) chestnut (noun)
a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
the brown color of chestnuts
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
Chinese chestnut (adjective) chestnut (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
Difference between Chinese chestnut and chestnut

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