salmon vs Atlantic salmon

salmon and Atlantic salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but Atlantic salmon is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salmon	Yes	Yes	No	No
Atlantic salmon	Yes	No	No	No

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

salmon: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
Atlantic salmon: found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning

Other hyponyms of salmon include blackfish, redfish, Salmo salar, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chum, chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon.

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

salmon: flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
Atlantic salmon: fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh

Other hyponyms of salmon include red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon, smoked salmon, kippered salmon.

salmon (noun)	Atlantic salmon (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn	found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
a pale pinkish orange color	fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

salmon (adjective)	Atlantic salmon (adjective)
of orange tinged with pink

salmon vs Atlantic salmon

salmon and Atlantic salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but Atlantic salmon is not an adjective.

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