bream vs centrarchid

centrarchid vs bream

bream and centrarchid both are nouns.

bream is a verb but centrarchid is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bream	Yes	No	Yes	No
centrarchid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, centrarchid is a hypernym of bream; that is, centrarchid is a word with a broader 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
centrarchid: small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed

Other hypernyms of bream include sunfish.

bream (noun)	centrarchid (noun)
any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis	small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed
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)	centrarchid (verb)
clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

Difference between bream and centrarchid

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