salmon vs chum salmon

chum salmon vs salmon

salmon and chum salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but chum salmon is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, chum salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, chum 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
chum salmon: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

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, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus keta, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon.

salmon (noun)	chum salmon (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn	a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
a pale pinkish orange color
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

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

Difference between salmon and chum salmon

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