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groundfish vs food fish

food fish vs groundfish

groundfish and food fish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
groundfish Yes No No No
food fish Yes No No No
As nouns, food fish is a hypernym of groundfish; that is, food fish is a word with a broader meaning than groundfish:
  • groundfish: fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
  • food fish: any fish used for food by human beings
groundfish (noun) food fish (noun)
fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder) any fish used for food by human beings
Difference between groundfish and food fish

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