silva vs timber

silva and timber both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silva	Yes	No	No	No
timber	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, timber is a hypernym of silva; that is, timber is a word with a broader meaning than silva:

Other hypernyms of silva include forest, timberland, woodland.

silva (noun)	timber (noun)
the forest trees growing in a country or region	a beam made of wood
	a post made of wood
	(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
	land that is covered with trees and shrubs
	the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material