fish vs cartilaginous fish

cartilaginous fish vs fish

fish and cartilaginous fish both are nouns.

fish is a verb but cartilaginous fish is not a verb.

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

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

fish: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
cartilaginous fish: fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified

Other hyponyms of fish include bottom-dweller, bottom-feeder, bottom lurkers, chondrichthian, fingerling, game fish, sport fish, food fish, rough fish, young fish, mouthbreeder, spawner, northern snakehead, bony fish, A. testudineus, Anabas testudineus, climbing perch.

fish (noun)	cartilaginous fish (noun)
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills	fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
the flesh of fish used as food

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

Difference between fish and cartilaginous fish

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