im a lv 85 and not sure what the difrence is between the two gear types

Depends what spec you are.
Enhancement uses hunter gear, elemental uses more stuff with intellect and no agility.

if your ele or healing spec on shammy it is inttlect and spell cast gear
hunters is just agi health and what ever else for melee and range

Hunter: Hunters have lots of weapon options available to them. They can almost pick up anything and fight with it. They can use:

* Axes
* Daggers
* Guns
* Bows
* Crossbows (with training)
* Fist Weapons (with training)
* Polearms (with training)
* Staves (with training)
* Swords both one and two handed (with training)
* Thrown (with training)
* Two-handed Axes (with training)
* Dual-Wield (with training and level twenty)

Shaman: http://www.wowwiki.com/Shaman

Hunter gear boosts shooting and stabbing things.

Shaman gear boosts shock spells and totems.

Hunter gear boosts shooting and stabbing things.

Shaman gear boosts shock spells and totems.