smoked salmon vs salmon

smoked salmon and salmon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, salmon is a hypernym of smoked salmon; that is, salmon is a word with a broader meaning than smoked salmon:

smoked salmon: salmon cured by smoking
salmon: flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

smoked salmon (noun)	salmon (noun)
salmon cured by smoking	any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
	a pale pinkish orange color
	flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

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