salmon vs Salmo salar

Salmo salar vs salmon

salmon and Salmo salar both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but Salmo salar is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salmon	Yes	Yes	No	No
Salmo salar	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Salmo salar is a hyponym of salmon; that is, Salmo salar 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
Salmo salar: found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning

Other hyponyms of salmon include blackfish, redfish, Atlantic salmon, 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.

salmon (noun)	Salmo salar (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
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

salmon (adjective)	Salmo salar (adjective)
of orange tinged with pink

Difference between salmon and Salmo salar

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