chestnut vs Chinese chestnut

Chinese chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut and Chinese chestnut both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but Chinese chestnut is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, Chinese chestnut is a hyponym of chestnut; that is, Chinese 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
Chinese chestnut: a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China

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

chestnut (noun)	Chinese chestnut (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
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)	Chinese chestnut (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between chestnut and Chinese chestnut

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