saltwater fish vs snapper

snapper vs saltwater fish

saltwater fish and snapper both are nouns.

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

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

saltwater fish: flesh of fish from the sea used as food
snapper: flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

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, cod, codfish, pollack, pollock, porgy, scup, scup, flatfish, rockfish, sailfish, weakfish, pilchard, sardine, red rockfish.

saltwater fish (noun)	snapper (noun)
flesh of fish from the sea used as food	large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
	any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
	Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
	a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
	flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
	(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

Difference between saltwater fish and snapper

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