striped bass vs bass

bass vs striped bass

striped bass and bass both are nouns.

striped bass is not an adjective while bass is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
striped bass	Yes	No	No	No
bass	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, bass is a hypernym of striped bass; that is, bass is a word with a broader meaning than striped bass:

striped bass: caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
bass: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

Other hypernyms of striped bass include sea bass.

striped bass (noun)	bass (noun)
marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone	the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States	the lowest part of the musical range
	the lowest adult male singing voice
	the lowest part in polyphonic music
	an adult male singer with the lowest voice
	nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
	any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
	the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

striped bass (adjective)	bass (adjective)
	having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Difference between striped bass and bass

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