shark vs dogfish

dogfish vs shark

shark and dogfish both are nouns.

shark is a verb but dogfish is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shark	Yes	No	Yes	No
dogfish	Yes	No	No	No

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

shark: any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
dogfish: any of several small sharks

Other hyponyms of shark include cow shark, Hexanchus griseus, six-gilled shark, mackerel shark, Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher, thresher shark, carpet shark, Orectolobus barbatus, Ginglymostoma cirratum, nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus, sand shark, sand tiger, Rhincodon typus, whale shark, cat shark, requiem shark, hammerhead, hammerhead shark, angel shark, angelfish, monkfish, Squatina squatina.

shark (noun)	dogfish (noun)
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales	any of several small sharks
a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways	primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

shark (verb)	dogfish (verb)
hunt shark
play the shark; act with trickery

Difference between shark and dogfish

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