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common shiner vs shiner

shiner vs common shiner

common shiner and shiner both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
common shiner Yes No No No
shiner Yes No No No
As nouns, shiner is a hypernym of common shiner; that is, shiner is a word with a broader meaning than common shiner:
  • common shiner: the common North American shiner
  • shiner: any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
common shiner (noun) shiner (noun)
the common North American shiner any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
Difference between common shiner and shiner

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