English sole vs sole

English sole and sole both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
English sole	Yes	No	No	No
sole	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, sole is a hypernym of English sole; that is, sole is a word with a broader meaning than English sole:

English sole: popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
sole: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

As nouns, sole is a hypernym of English sole; that is, sole is a word with a broader meaning than English sole:

Other hypernyms of English sole include fillet of sole.

English sole (noun)	sole (noun)
popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America	right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
highly valued almost pure white flesh	the underside of footwear or a golf club
	the underside of the foot
	lean flesh of any of several flatfish

English sole (adjective)	sole (adjective)
	being the only one; single and isolated from others
	not divided or shared with others

English sole (verb)	sole (verb)
	put a new sole on