saltwater fish vs cod

cod vs saltwater fish

saltwater fish and cod both are nouns.

saltwater fish is not an adjective while cod is an adjective.

saltwater fish is not a verb while cod is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saltwater fish	Yes	No	No	No
cod	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, cod is a hyponym of saltwater fish; that is, cod is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than saltwater fish:

saltwater fish: flesh of fish from the sea used as food
cod: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

Other hyponyms of saltwater fish include bream, sea bream, bass, sea bass, grouper, croaker, whiting, whiting, cusk, dolphinfish, mahimahi, monkfish, tuna, tuna fish, tunny, mackerel, pompano, blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab, herring, kingfish, lingcod, bluefish, swordfish, butterfish, codfish, pollack, pollock, porgy, scup, scup, flatfish, rockfish, sailfish, weakfish, pilchard, sardine, snapper, red rockfish.

saltwater fish (noun)	cod (noun)
flesh of fish from the sea used as food	major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
	lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
	the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

saltwater fish (adjective)	cod (adjective)
	payable by the recipient on delivery

saltwater fish (verb)	cod (verb)
	harass with persistent criticism or carping
	fool or hoax

Difference between saltwater fish and cod

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