salmon vs quinnat salmon

quinnat salmon vs salmon

salmon and quinnat salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but quinnat salmon is not an adjective.

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

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

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

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

Difference between salmon and quinnat salmon

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