scallop vs bivalve

bivalve vs scallop

scallop and bivalve both are nouns.

scallop is not an adjective while bivalve is an adjective.

scallop is a verb but bivalve is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scallop	Yes	No	Yes	No
bivalve	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, bivalve is a hypernym of scallop; that is, bivalve is a word with a broader meaning than scallop:

scallop: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
bivalve: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Other hypernyms of scallop include lamellibranch, pelecypod.

scallop (noun)	bivalve (noun)
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

scallop (adjective)	bivalve (adjective)
	used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

scallop (verb)	bivalve (verb)
shape or cut in scallops
fish for scallops
form scallops in
decorate an edge with scallops
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

Difference between scallop and bivalve

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