Difference between Hazelnut and Chestnut

What is the difference between Hazelnut and Chestnut?

Hazelnut as a noun is fruit of the hazel tree while Chestnut as a noun is a tree or shrub of the genus castanea.

Hazelnut

Part of speech: noun

Definition: fruit of the hazel tree

Chestnut

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.The nut of this tree or shrub.A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.A reddish-brown horse.The wood of a chestnut tree.(Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a work so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.A part of a horse found on the inner leg, similar to a birthmark on a human.

We hope you now know whether to use Hazelnut or Chestnut in your sentence.

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