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Catfish vs Basque - What's the difference?

catfish | basque |

As nouns the difference between catfish and basque

is that catfish is any fish of the order siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth while basque is the part of a waistcoat etc extending below the waist.

As a verb catfish

is to create a fake online profile to seduce someone (from the 2010 documentary ).

catfish

English

(wikipedia catfish)

Etymology 1

From . Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a 's whiskers.

Noun

  • Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
    • Synonyms
    * sheat, sheatfish
    Derived terms
    * airbreathing catfish * channel catfish * whale catfish

    Verb

    (es)
  • To create a fake online profile to seduce someone (from the 2010 documentary )
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 2013-01-17 , title = In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen , author = Mary Pilon , newspaper = (The New York Times) , issn = 0362-4331 , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/sports/ncaafootball/deception-ripped-from-the-screen-in-hoax-story-of-manti-teo.html , passage = Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members. }}
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2014-01-16 , title = Cooperative Polygraphy , series = , network = NBC , medium = TV , season = 5 , number = 4 , people = (Donald Glover) , role = Troy , time = 12:17 , passage = [to Abed]'' You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. ''[to Annie] He's catfishing you.}}
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    • English invariant nouns

    basque

    English

    (wikipedia Basque)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language of the Basque people.

    • Derived terms

    * Basque Country

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Relative to the Basque people or their language.

    • See also

    * (eu) * Language list

    External links

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