The difference between Seafood and Shellfish

When used as nouns, seafood means fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life, whereas shellfish means an aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.


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  1. Seafood as a noun (uncountable, countable):

    Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

  1. Shellfish as a noun:

    An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.