chestnut vs brownness

brownness vs chestnut

chestnut and brownness both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but brownness is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, brownness is a hypernym of chestnut; that is, brownness is a word with a broader meaning than chestnut:

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

Other hypernyms of chestnut include brown.

chestnut (noun)	brownness (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	an orange of low brightness and saturation
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)	brownness (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between chestnut and brownness

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