fork vs salad fork

fork and salad fork both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fork	Yes	No	Yes	No
salad fork	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of fork include carving fork, tablefork, toasting fork, barbecue fork.

fork (noun)	salad fork (noun)
the act of branching out or dividing into branches	a fork intended for eating salads
a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

fork (verb)	salad fork (verb)
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
shape like a fork
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
lift with a pitchfork