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clam vs shellfish

shellfish vs clam

clam and shellfish both are nouns.

clam is a verb but shellfish is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clam Yes No Yes No
shellfish Yes No No No
As nouns, shellfish is a hypernym of clam; that is, shellfish is a word with a broader meaning than clam:
  • clam: flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
  • shellfish: meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
clam (noun) shellfish (noun)
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
clam (verb) shellfish (verb)
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
Difference between clam and shellfish

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