crab vs decapod

decapod vs crab

crab and decapod both are nouns.

crab is a verb but decapod is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crab	Yes	No	Yes	No
decapod	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, decapod is a hypernym of crab; that is, decapod is a word with a broader meaning than crab:

crab: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
decapod: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

Other hypernyms of crab include decapod crustacean.

crab (noun)	decapod (noun)
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply	crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers	cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
a quarrelsome grouch

crab (verb)	decapod (verb)
complain
fish for crab
scurry sideways like a crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

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