malacopterygian vs catfish

catfish vs malacopterygian

malacopterygian and catfish both are nouns.

malacopterygian is not a verb while catfish is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malacopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
catfish	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

malacopterygian: any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
catfish: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Other hyponyms of malacopterygian include order Ostariophysi, Ostariophysi, cypriniform fish, siluriform fish, gadoid, gadoid fish, eel, beaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, sandfish, clupeid, clupeid fish, anchovy, salmonid, whitefish, smelt, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, Albula vulpes, bonefish, argentine, lanternfish, lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefish, greeneye, lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish, handsaw fish, Lampris regius, moonfish, opah, Lampris guttatus, New World opah, ribbonfish, king of the herring, oarfish, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish.

malacopterygian (noun)	catfish (noun)
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii	any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
	large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
	flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

malacopterygian (verb)	catfish (verb)
	To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity

Difference between malacopterygian and catfish

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