brail vs fish

brail and fish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brail	Yes	No	Yes	No
fish	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fish is a hypernym of brail; that is, fish is a word with a broader meaning than brail:

brail (noun)	fish (noun)
a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in	any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
a small net used to draw fish into a boat	the flesh of fish used as food

brail (verb)	fish (verb)
haul fish aboard with brails	catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
take in a sail with a brail	seek indirectly