shellfish vs invertebrate

invertebrate vs shellfish

shellfish and invertebrate both are nouns.

shellfish is not an adjective while invertebrate is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shellfish	Yes	No	No	No
invertebrate	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, invertebrate is a hypernym of shellfish; that is, invertebrate is a word with a broader meaning than shellfish:

shellfish: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
invertebrate: any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

shellfish (noun)	invertebrate (noun)
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell	any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

shellfish (adjective)	invertebrate (adjective)
	lacking a backbone or spinal column

Difference between shellfish and invertebrate

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