Oncorhynchus kisutch vs salmon

salmon vs Oncorhynchus kisutch

Oncorhynchus kisutch and salmon both are nouns.

Oncorhynchus kisutch is not an adjective while salmon is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Oncorhynchus kisutch	Yes	No	No	No
salmon	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, salmon is a hypernym of Oncorhynchus kisutch; that is, salmon is a word with a broader meaning than Oncorhynchus kisutch:

Oncorhynchus kisutch: small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
salmon: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

Oncorhynchus kisutch (noun)	salmon (noun)
small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes	any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
	a pale pinkish orange color
	flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

Oncorhynchus kisutch (adjective)	salmon (adjective)
	of orange tinged with pink

Difference between Oncorhynchus kisutch and salmon

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