roach vs cyprinid fish

cyprinid fish vs roach

roach and cyprinid fish both are nouns.

roach is a verb but cyprinid fish is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roach	Yes	No	Yes	No
cyprinid fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cyprinid fish is a hypernym of roach; that is, cyprinid fish is a word with a broader meaning than roach:

roach: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
cyprinid fish: soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

Other hypernyms of roach include cyprinid.

roach (noun)	cyprinid fish (noun)
any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests	soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
the butt of a marijuana cigarette
street names for flunitrazepam
a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead

roach (verb)	cyprinid fish (verb)
cut the mane off (a horse)
comb (hair) into a roach

Difference between roach and cyprinid fish

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