Carp vs Guppy - What's the difference?
carp | guppy |
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio .
To complain about a fault; to harp on.
(obsolete) To say; to tell.
(obsolete) To find fault with; to censure.
A tiny freshwater fish, , popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.
By extension, any tiny fish.
(paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
* 2001 , John R. Little, Curtis Wong, Ultimate Paintball Field Guide (page 177)
* I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do.
As nouns the difference between carp and guppy
is that carp is any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio while guppy is a tiny freshwater fish, species: Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.As a verb carp
is to complain about a fault; to harp on.carp
English
(wikipedia carp)Etymology 1
From (etyl) carpe, from .Noun
(en-noun)See also
* koiEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- (Dryden)
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English
Noun
(guppies)- Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
- Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
