mackerel vs shiner
shiner vs mackerelmackerel and shiner both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mackerel | Yes | No | No | No |
| shiner | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
shiner is a hyponym of
mackerel; that is, shiner is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
mackerel:
- mackerel: any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
- shiner: important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
Other hyponyms of mackerel include
common mackerel, Scomber scombrus, Scomber colias, Spanish mackerel, chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus, tinker, Acanthocybium solandri, wahoo, Spanish mackerel.
| mackerel (noun) | shiner (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis |
| flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish | important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales |
| something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) | |
| a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye |
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