bream vs Lepomis macrochirus

Lepomis macrochirus vs bream

bream and Lepomis macrochirus both are nouns.

bream is a verb but Lepomis macrochirus is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bream	Yes	No	Yes	No
Lepomis macrochirus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Lepomis macrochirus is a hyponym of bream; that is, Lepomis macrochirus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bream:

bream: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
Lepomis macrochirus: important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States

Other hyponyms of bream include Abramis brama, European bream, bluegill, Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish, stumpknocker.

bream (noun)	Lepomis macrochirus (noun)
any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis	important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

bream (verb)	Lepomis macrochirus (verb)
clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

Difference between bream and Lepomis macrochirus

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