whitefish vs lake herring

whitefish and lake herring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whitefish	Yes	No	No	No
lake herring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lake herring is a hyponym of whitefish; that is, lake herring is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than whitefish:

whitefish: silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
lake herring: important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Other hyponyms of whitefish include Coregonus clupeaformis, lake whitefish, cisco, Coregonus artedi, Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, round whitefish, Prosopium williamsonii, Rocky Mountain whitefish.

As nouns, lake herring is a hyponym of whitefish; that is, lake herring is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than whitefish:

whitefish: flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
lake herring: cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward

Other hyponyms of whitefish include cisco.

whitefish (noun)	lake herring (noun)
silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere	important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere	cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring

whitefish vs lake herring

whitefish and lake herring both are nouns.

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