chestnut vs Japanese chestnut

Japanese chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut and Japanese chestnut both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but Japanese chestnut is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, Japanese chestnut is a hyponym of chestnut; that is, Japanese 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
Japanese chestnut: a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk

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

chestnut (noun)	Japanese chestnut (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
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)	Japanese chestnut (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between chestnut and Japanese chestnut

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