blenny vs shanny

blenny and shanny both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blenny	Yes	No	No	No
shanny	Yes	No	No	No

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

blenny: small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
shanny: European scaleless blenny

Other hyponyms of blenny include Blennius pholis, Molly Miller, Scartella cristata.

blenny (noun)	shanny (noun)
small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks	European scaleless blenny