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herring vs Pacific herring

Pacific herring vs herring

herring and Pacific herring both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
herring Yes No No No
Pacific herring Yes No No No
As nouns, Pacific herring is a hyponym of herring; that is, Pacific 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
  • Pacific herring: important food fish of the northern Pacific
herring (noun) Pacific herring (noun)
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific important food fish of the northern Pacific
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Difference between herring and Pacific herring

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