hake vs whiting

hake and whiting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hake	Yes	No	No	No
whiting	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of hake include Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, ling.

hake (noun)	whiting (noun)
any of several marine food fishes related to cod	a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod	any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
	found off Atlantic coast of North America
	a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
	flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
	flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe