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sweet chestnut vs chestnut

chestnut vs sweet chestnut

sweet chestnut and chestnut both are nouns.

sweet chestnut is not an adjective while chestnut is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sweet chestnut Yes No No No
chestnut Yes Yes No No
As nouns, chestnut is a hypernym of sweet chestnut; that is, chestnut is a word with a broader meaning than sweet chestnut:
  • sweet chestnut: wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
  • chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
Other hypernyms of sweet chestnut include chestnut tree.
sweet chestnut (noun) chestnut (noun)
wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
the brown color of chestnuts
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
sweet chestnut (adjective) chestnut (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
Difference between sweet chestnut and chestnut

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