chinquapin vs chestnut

chinquapin and chestnut both are nouns.

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

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

chinquapin: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

Other hypernyms of chinquapin include chestnut tree.

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

chinquapin: shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

Other hypernyms of chinquapin include chestnut tree.

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

chinquapin (adjective)	chestnut (adjective)
	(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color