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butterfly fish vs angelfish

angelfish vs butterfly fish

butterfly fish and angelfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
butterfly fish Yes No No No
angelfish Yes No No No
As nouns, angelfish is a hyponym of butterfly fish; that is, angelfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than butterfly fish:
  • butterfly fish: small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
  • angelfish: a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
Other hyponyms of butterfly fish include chaetodon, Holocanthus tricolor, rock beauty.
butterfly fish (noun) angelfish (noun)
small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
Difference between butterfly fish and angelfish

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