angler fish vs goosefish

angler fish and goosefish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
angler fish	Yes	No	No	No
goosefish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, angler fish and goosefish are synonyms defined as:

angler fish and goosefish: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

Other synonyms of angler fish include allmouth, angler, anglerfish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish.

angler fish (noun)	goosefish (noun)
fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey	fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey