finch vs bullfinch

bullfinch vs finch

finch and bullfinch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
finch	Yes	No	No	No
bullfinch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bullfinch is a hyponym of finch; that is, bullfinch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than finch:

finch: any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
bullfinch: common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

Other hyponyms of finch include chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, Carduelis carduelis, goldfinch, Carduelis cannabina, linnet, lintwhite, Carduelis spinus, siskin, Carduelis cucullata, red siskin, Carduelis flammea, redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni, redpoll, goldfinch, New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, yellowbird, pine finch, pine siskin, Spinus pinus, Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch, linnet, Carpodacus purpureus, purple finch, canary, canary bird, serin, crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, junco, snowbird, New World sparrow, bunting, grosbeak, grossbeak, cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, Richmondena Cardinalis, pyrrhuloxia, Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, towhee, Hawaiian honeycreeper, honeycreeper.

finch (noun)	bullfinch (noun)
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds	common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

Difference between finch and bullfinch

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