whiting vs king whiting

whiting and king whiting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whiting	Yes	No	No	No
king whiting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, king whiting is a hyponym of whiting; that is, king whiting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than whiting:

whiting (noun)	king whiting (noun)
a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus	whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
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