clam vs geoduck

geoduck vs clam

clam and geoduck both are nouns.

clam is a verb but geoduck is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clam	Yes	No	Yes	No
geoduck	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, geoduck is a hyponym of clam; that is, geoduck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clam:

clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
geoduck: a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell

Other hyponyms of clam include long-neck clam, Mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, hard-shell clam, hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, Venus mercenaria, jackknife clam, knife-handle, razor clam, giant clam, Tridacna gigas, shipworm, teredinid.

clam (noun)	geoduck (noun)
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness	a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
a piece of paper money worth one dollar

clam (verb)	geoduck (verb)
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Difference between clam and geoduck

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