drum vs jackknife-fish

jackknife-fish vs drum

drum and jackknife-fish both are nouns.

drum is a verb but jackknife-fish is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drum	Yes	No	Yes	No
jackknife-fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, jackknife-fish is a hyponym of drum; that is, jackknife-fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than drum:

drum: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
jackknife-fish: black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin

Other hyponyms of drum include Equetus pulcher, striped drum, Equetus lanceolatus, Bairdiella chrysoura, mademoiselle, silver perch, channel bass, red drum, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus.

drum (noun)	jackknife-fish (noun)
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise	black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
the sound of a drum
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

drum (verb)	jackknife-fish (verb)
study intensively, as before an exam
play a percussion instrument
make a rhythmic sound

Difference between drum and jackknife-fish

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