chestnut vs Spanish chestnut

Spanish chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut and Spanish chestnut both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but Spanish chestnut is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, Spanish chestnut is a hyponym of chestnut; that is, Spanish 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
Spanish chestnut: wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

Other hyponyms of chestnut include American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata, Castanea sativa, European 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)	Spanish chestnut (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
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)	Spanish chestnut (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between chestnut and Spanish chestnut

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