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herring vs Atlantic herring

Atlantic herring vs herring

herring and Atlantic herring both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
herring Yes No No No
Atlantic herring Yes No No No
As nouns, Atlantic herring is a hyponym of herring; that is, Atlantic herring is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than herring:
  • herring: commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
  • Atlantic herring: important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
herring (noun) Atlantic herring (noun)
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Difference between herring and Atlantic herring

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