Carp vs Minnow - What's the difference?
carp | minnow |
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 small freshwater fish of the carp family.
More generally, any small fish.
(football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 29
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town
, work=BBC
(fishing) to fish minnows
(fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait
As nouns the difference between carp and minnow
is that carp is any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio while minnow is a small freshwater fish of the carp family.As verbs the difference between carp and minnow
is that carp is to complain about a fault; to harp on while minnow is to fish minnows.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
(wikipedia minnow)Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.}}