salmon vs Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha vs salmon

salmon and Oncorhynchus tshawytscha both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but Oncorhynchus tshawytscha is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salmon	Yes	Yes	No	No
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha is a hyponym of salmon; that is, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 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
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

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

salmon (noun)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn	large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
a pale pinkish orange color
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

salmon (adjective)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (adjective)
of orange tinged with pink

Difference between salmon and Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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