cowshed vs barn

cowshed and barn both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cowshed	Yes	No	No	No
barn	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, barn is a hypernym of cowshed; that is, barn is a word with a broader meaning than cowshed:

cowshed: a barn for cows
barn: an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

cowshed (noun)	barn (noun)
a barn for cows	an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
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