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Bream vs Tilapia - What's the difference?

bream | tilapia |

As nouns the difference between bream and tilapia

is that bream is a European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known while tilapia is any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.

As a verb bream

is to clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

bream

English

(wikipedia bream)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braisme (compare French (compare Dutch brasem).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis , little valued as food. Several species are known.
  • (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama .
  • An American fresh-water fish, of various species of and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
  • A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus , and allied genera. See sea bream.
    • Synonyms
    * (Abramis brama) carp bream
    Derived terms
    * silver bream * white bream

    Anagrams

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    Etymology 2

    Compare (broom), and (etyl) brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

    • tilapia

    English

    (wikipedia tilapia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia , native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
  • * 2006 , , “Bottom of the World”:
    • Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron
    On tilapia fishcakes and fried black swan.

    Synonyms

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