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Seafloor vs Groundfish - What's the difference?

seafloor | groundfish |

As nouns the difference between seafloor and groundfish

is that seafloor is the bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment while groundfish is fish that swim near the seafloor.

As a verb groundfish is

to fish for groundfish.

seafloor

English

Noun

  • The bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment.

    • Derived terms

    * seafloor spreading

    See also

    * benthos

    groundfish

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 14, author=, title=Correction: Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Boats catching groundfish — fish near the ocean bottom including cod, haddock and halibut — catch thousands of pounds of fish at a time. }}

    Verb

    (es)
  • (fishing) To fish for
  • *{{quote-news, 2004, January 1, Bob Bernstein, Pumping out the heat, National Fisherman citation
    • , passage=Earl, who has lobstered, scalloped, groundfished and run tugs most of his life, is half joking. }}

    See also

    *(wikipedia "groundfish")