sockeye vs salmon

salmon vs sockeye

sockeye and salmon both are nouns.

sockeye is not an adjective while salmon is an adjective.

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

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

sockeye: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
salmon: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

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

sockeye: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
salmon: flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

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

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

Difference between sockeye and salmon

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