catfish vs silurid fish

silurid fish vs catfish

catfish and silurid fish both are nouns.

catfish is a verb but silurid fish is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
catfish	Yes	No	Yes	No
silurid fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, silurid fish is a hyponym of catfish; that is, silurid fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than catfish:

catfish: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
silurid fish: Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin

Other hyponyms of catfish include silurid, bullhead, bullhead catfish, channel cat, channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, flathead catfish, goujon, mudcat, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, armored catfish, sea catfish.

catfish (noun)	silurid fish (noun)
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth	Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

catfish (verb)	silurid fish (verb)
To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity

Difference between catfish and silurid fish

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