rattlesnake vs Western rattlesnake

Western rattlesnake vs rattlesnake

rattlesnake and Western rattlesnake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rattlesnake	Yes	No	No	No
Western rattlesnake	Yes	No	No	No

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

rattlesnake: pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
Western rattlesnake: widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Other hyponyms of rattlesnake include Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, banded rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, timber rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis, prairie rattler, prairie rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, horned rattlesnake, sidewinder, Crotalus atrox, Western diamondback, Western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus, rock rattlesnake, Crotalus tigris, tiger rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus, Mojave rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii, speckled rattlesnake, massasauga, massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus, ground rattler, massasauga, Sistrurus miliaris.

rattlesnake (noun)	Western rattlesnake (noun)
pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken	widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Difference between rattlesnake and Western rattlesnake

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