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salmon vs coho salmon

coho salmon vs salmon

salmon and coho salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but coho salmon is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
salmon Yes Yes No No
coho salmon Yes No No No
As nouns, coho salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, coho 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
  • coho salmon: small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
As nouns, coho salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, coho 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
  • coho salmon: fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
salmon (noun) coho salmon (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
a pale pinkish orange color fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
salmon (adjective) coho salmon (adjective)
of orange tinged with pink
Difference between salmon and coho salmon

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