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Carp vs Loach - What's the difference?

carp | loach |

As nouns the difference between carp and loach

is that carp is any of various freshwater fish of the family cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''cyprinus carpio while loach is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily cobitoidea.

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)
  • Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio .
    • See also
    * koi

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To complain about a fault; to harp on.
  • (obsolete) To say; to tell.
  • (obsolete) To find fault with; to censure.
    • (Dryden)
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    loach

    English

    (Cobitidae)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
  • # The .
  • # A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: .

    • Derived terms

    * * hillstream loach * * * * * weather loach