lake herring vs cisco

lake herring and cisco both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lake herring	Yes	No	No	No
cisco	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lake herring and cisco are synonyms defined as:

lake herring and cisco: important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Other synonyms of lake herring include Coregonus artedi.

As nouns, lake herring and cisco are synonyms defined as:

lake herring and cisco: cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward

lake herring (noun)	cisco (noun)
important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America	important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward	cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward