crab vs fish

crab and fish both are nouns.

crab and fish both are verbs.

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

As verbs, fish is a hypernym of crab; that is, fish is a word with a broader meaning than crab:

crab: fish for crab
fish: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

crab (noun)	fish (noun)
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply	any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers	the flesh of fish used as food
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
a quarrelsome grouch

crab (verb)	fish (verb)
complain	catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
fish for crab	seek indirectly
scurry sideways like a crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

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