chestnut vs chinquapin

chinquapin vs chestnut

chestnut and chinquapin both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but chinquapin is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, chinquapin is a hyponym of chestnut; that is, chinquapin 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
chinquapin: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

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, Japanese chestnut, Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin.

chestnut (noun)	chinquapin (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg	shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
the brown color of chestnuts	shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
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)	chinquapin (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between chestnut and chinquapin

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