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barnacle vs crustacean

crustacean vs barnacle

barnacle and crustacean both are nouns.

barnacle is not an adjective while crustacean is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
barnacle Yes No No No
crustacean Yes Yes No No
As nouns, crustacean is a hypernym of barnacle; that is, crustacean is a word with a broader meaning than barnacle:
  • barnacle: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
  • crustacean: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
barnacle (noun) crustacean (noun)
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
barnacle (adjective) crustacean (adjective)
of or belonging to the class Crustacea
Difference between barnacle and crustacean

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