herring vs pickled herring

herring and pickled herring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
herring	Yes	No	No	No
pickled herring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pickled herring is a hyponym of herring; that is, pickled 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
pickled herring: herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)

Other hyponyms of herring include kipper, kippered herring, bloater, red herring, smoked herring, brisling, sprat, whitebait.

herring (noun)	pickled herring (noun)
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific	herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

herring vs pickled herring

herring and pickled herring both are nouns.

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