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herring vs kippered herring

kippered herring vs herring

herring and kippered herring both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
herring Yes No No No
kippered herring Yes No No No
As nouns, kippered herring is a hyponym of herring; that is, kippered herring is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than herring:
  • herring: valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
  • kippered herring: salted and smoked herring
Other hyponyms of herring include kipper, bloater, pickled herring, red herring, smoked herring, brisling, sprat, whitebait.
herring (noun) kippered herring (noun)
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific salted and smoked herring
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Difference between herring and kippered herring

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