silver hake vs whiting

silver hake and whiting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silver hake	Yes	No	No	No
whiting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, silver hake and whiting are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of silver hake include Merluccius bilinearis.

silver hake (noun)	whiting (noun)
found off Atlantic coast of North America	a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
	any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
	found off Atlantic coast of North America
	a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
	flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
	flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe