whiting vs silver hake

whiting and silver hake both are nouns.

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

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

Other synonyms of whiting include Merluccius bilinearis.

whiting (noun)	silver hake (noun)
a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus	found off Atlantic 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