shark vs thresher

thresher vs shark

shark and thresher both are nouns.

shark is a verb but thresher is not a verb.

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

As nouns, thresher is a hyponym of shark; that is, thresher 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
thresher: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

Other hyponyms of shark include cow shark, Hexanchus griseus, six-gilled shark, mackerel shark, Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, 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, dogfish, hammerhead, hammerhead shark, angel shark, angelfish, monkfish, Squatina squatina.

shark (noun)	thresher (noun)
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales	large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways	a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

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

Difference between shark and thresher

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