chestnut vs American sweet chestnut

American sweet chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut and American sweet chestnut both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but American sweet chestnut is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chestnut	Yes	Yes	No	No
American sweet chestnut	Yes	No	No	No

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

chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
American sweet chestnut: large tree found from Maine to Alabama

Other hyponyms of chestnut include American chestnut, Castanea dentata, Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut, Castanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut, Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut, Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin.

chestnut (noun)	American sweet chestnut (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	large tree found from Maine to Alabama
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

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

Difference between chestnut and American sweet chestnut

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