lobster vs crawfish

crawfish vs lobster

lobster and crawfish both are nouns.

lobster is not a verb while crawfish is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lobster	Yes	No	No	No
crawfish	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crawfish is a hyponym of lobster; that is, crawfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lobster:

lobster: any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
crawfish: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

Other hyponyms of lobster include true lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, Norway lobster, crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster.

lobster (noun)	crawfish (noun)
any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae	large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
flesh of a lobster	small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
	tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

lobster (verb)	crawfish (verb)
	make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Difference between lobster and crawfish

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