fish vs alewife

alewife vs fish

fish and alewife both are nouns.

fish is a verb but alewife is not a verb.

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

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

fish: the flesh of fish used as food
alewife: flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

Other hyponyms of fish include panfish, stockfish, anchovy, eel, gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet, schrod, scrod, haddock, hake, trout, rock salmon, salmon, shad, smelt.

fish (noun)	alewife (noun)
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills	shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
the flesh of fish used as food	flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

fish (verb)	alewife (verb)
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
seek indirectly

Difference between fish and alewife

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