Equus caballus vs roan

roan vs Equus caballus

Equus caballus and roan both are nouns.

Equus caballus is not an adjective while roan is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Equus caballus	Yes	No	No	No
roan	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, roan is a hyponym of Equus caballus; that is, roan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Equus caballus:

Equus caballus: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
roan: a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray

Other hyponyms of Equus caballus include stable companion, stablemate, gee-gee, dawn horse, eohippus, mesohippus, protohippus, male horse, female horse, mare, mount, riding horse, saddle horse, pony, polo pony, wild horse, hack, hack, jade, nag, plug, pony, bangtail, race horse, racehorse, steeplechaser, stalking-horse, harness horse, workhorse, post-horse, post horse, poster, pacer, high stepper, stepper, chestnut, liver chestnut, bay, sorrel, palomino, pinto.

Equus caballus (noun)	roan (noun)
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
	a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding

Equus caballus (adjective)	roan (adjective)
	(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey

Difference between Equus caballus and roan

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