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crustacean vs barnacle

barnacle vs crustacean

crustacean and barnacle both are nouns.

crustacean is an adjective but barnacle is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
crustacean Yes Yes No No
barnacle Yes No No No
As nouns, barnacle is a hyponym of crustacean; that is, barnacle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crustacean:
  • crustacean: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
  • barnacle: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
crustacean (noun) barnacle (noun)
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
crustacean (adjective) barnacle (adjective)
of or belonging to the class Crustacea
Difference between crustacean and barnacle

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