finch vs linnet

linnet vs finch

finch and linnet both are nouns.

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

As nouns, linnet is a hyponym of finch; that is, linnet 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
linnet: small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

Other hyponyms of finch include chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, Carduelis carduelis, goldfinch, Carduelis cannabina, 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, 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)	linnet (noun)
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds	small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
	small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

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