salmon vs chinook salmon

salmon and chinook salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but chinook salmon is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, chinook salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, chinook 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
chinook salmon: 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, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chum, chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon.

As nouns, chinook salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, chinook 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
chinook salmon: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

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

salmon (noun)	chinook salmon (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	pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

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

salmon vs chinook salmon

salmon and chinook salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but chinook salmon is not an adjective.

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