bream vs porgy
porgy vs breambream and porgy both are nouns.
bream is a verb but porgy is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bream | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| porgy | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
porgy is a hyponym of
bream; that is, porgy is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
bream:
- bream: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
- porgy: important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
Other hyponyms of bream include
Brama raii, pomfret, European sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus, Archosargus rhomboidalis, Atlantic sea bream, black bream, Chrysophrys australis.
| bream (noun) | porgy (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis | important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide |
| any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae | lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States |
| 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) | porgy (verb) |
|---|---|
| clean (a ship's bottom) with heat |
Words related to "bream"
- Abramis brama
- Archosargus rhomboidalis
- Atlantic sea bream
- Brama raii
- Chrysophrys australis
- European bream
- European sea bream
- Lepomis macrochirus
- Lepomis punctatus
- Pagellus centrodontus
- Perciformes
- Percomorphi
- black bream
- bluegill
- bream
- centrarchid
- clean
- freshwater bream
- freshwater fish
- make clean
- order Perciformes
- order Percomorphi
- percoid
- percoid fish
- percoidean
- pomfret
- porgy
- saltwater fish
- sea bream
- spotted sunfish
- stumpknocker
- sunfish
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