herring vs red herring
red herring vs herringherring and red herring both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| herring | Yes | No | No | No |
| red herring | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
red herring is a hyponym of
herring; that is, red 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
- red herring: a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
Other hyponyms of herring include
kipper, kippered herring, bloater, pickled herring, smoked herring, brisling, sprat, whitebait.
| herring (noun) | red herring (noun) |
|---|---|
| commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue |
| valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled | a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus |
| a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color |
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