bass vs striped bass

striped bass vs bass

bass and striped bass both are nouns.

bass is an adjective but striped bass is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bass	Yes	Yes	No	No
striped bass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, striped bass is a hyponym of bass; that is, striped bass is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bass:

bass: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
striped bass: caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Other hyponyms of bass include striper.

bass (noun)	striped bass (noun)
the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments	marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
the lowest part of the musical range	caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
the lowest adult male singing voice
the lowest part in polyphonic music
an adult male singer with the lowest voice
nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

bass (adjective)	striped bass (adjective)
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Difference between bass and striped bass

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