aquatic bird vs marsh hen

marsh hen vs aquatic bird

aquatic bird and marsh hen both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aquatic bird	Yes	No	No	No
marsh hen	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, marsh hen is a hyponym of aquatic bird; that is, marsh hen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aquatic bird:

aquatic bird: wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
marsh hen: any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Other hyponyms of aquatic bird include water bird, waterbird, waterfowl, swan, wader, wading bird, gallinule, swamphen, water hen, sea bird, seabird, seafowl.

aquatic bird (noun)	marsh hen (noun)
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water	any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
	a coot found in North America

Difference between aquatic bird and marsh hen

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