European chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut vs European chestnut

European chestnut and chestnut both are nouns.

European chestnut is not an adjective while chestnut is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
European chestnut	Yes	No	No	No
chestnut	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, chestnut is a hypernym of European chestnut; that is, chestnut is a word with a broader meaning than European chestnut:

European chestnut: wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
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 European chestnut include chestnut tree.

European chestnut (noun)	chestnut (noun)
wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia	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

European chestnut (adjective)	chestnut (adjective)
	(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between European chestnut and chestnut

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