The difference between Hag and Hagfish
When used as nouns, hag means a witch, sorceress, or enchantress, whereas hagfish means any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
Hag is also verb with the meaning: to harass.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hag and Hagfish
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Hag as a noun:
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
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Hag as a noun (pejorative):
An ugly old woman.
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Hag as a noun:
A fury; a she-monster.
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Hag as a noun:
A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
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Hag as a noun:
A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
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Hag as a noun (obsolete):
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
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Hag as a noun:
The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
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Hag as a noun (slang):
sleep paralysis
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Hag as a noun:
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
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Hag as a noun:
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
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Hag as a verb (transitive):
To harass; to weary with vexation.
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Hagfish as a noun:
Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.