brown vs chestnut

chestnut vs brown

brown and chestnut both are nouns.

brown and chestnut both are adjectives.

brown is a verb but chestnut is not a verb.

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

As nouns, chestnut is a hyponym of brown; that is, chestnut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brown:

brown: an orange of low brightness and saturation
chestnut: the brown color of chestnuts

Other hyponyms of brown include Vandyke brown, burnt umber, chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, hazel, light brown, mocha, burnt sienna, mahogany, reddish brown, sepia, Venetian red, buff, caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown, puce, olive brown, taupe, terra cotta.

brown (noun)	chestnut (noun)
an orange of low brightness and saturation	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

brown (adjective)	chestnut (adjective)
(of skin) deeply suntanned	(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
of a color similar to that of wood or earth

brown (verb)	chestnut (verb)
fry in a pan until it changes color
make brown in color

Difference between brown and chestnut

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