fossil vs ammonite

fossil and ammonite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fossil	Yes	Yes	No	No
ammonite	Yes	No	No	No

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

fossil: the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
ammonite: one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks

Other hyponyms of fossil include fucoid, belemnite, ammonoid, guide fossil, index fossil, microfossil, wormcast.

fossil (noun)	ammonite (noun)
the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil	one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
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fossil (adjective)	ammonite (adjective)
characteristic of a fossil