salmon vs sockeye salmon

salmon and sockeye salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but sockeye salmon is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, sockeye salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, sockeye 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
sockeye salmon: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and 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, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chum, chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon.

As nouns, sockeye salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, sockeye 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
sockeye salmon: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

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

salmon (noun)	sockeye salmon (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn	small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
a pale pinkish orange color	fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

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

salmon vs sockeye salmon

salmon and sockeye salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but sockeye salmon is not an adjective.

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