codfish vs ling
ling vs codfishcodfish and ling both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| codfish | Yes | No | No | No |
| ling | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
ling is a hyponym of
codfish; that is, ling is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
codfish:
- codfish: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- ling: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Other hyponyms of codfish include
codling, Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, Alaska cod, Gadus macrocephalus, Pacific cod, burbot, cusk, eelpout, Lota lota, schrod, scrod.
| codfish (noun) | ling (noun) |
|---|---|
| major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters | elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried |
| lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached | American hakes |
| elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | |
| common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | |
| water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs |
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