finch vs chaffinch

chaffinch vs finch

finch and chaffinch both are nouns.

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

As nouns, chaffinch is a hyponym of finch; that is, chaffinch 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
chaffinch: small European finch with a cheerful song

Other hyponyms of finch include 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, bullfinch, 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)	chaffinch (noun)
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds	small European finch with a cheerful song

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