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catfish | guppy |

As nouns the difference between catfish and guppy

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 guppy is guppy.

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

    guppy

    English

    Noun

    (guppies)
  • 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.
    • Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
  • By extension, any tiny fish.
    • Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (millionfish) (obsolete taxonomic names) * Acanthocephalus guppii * Acanthocephalus reticulatus * Girardinus guppii * Girardinus petersi * Girardinus poeciloides * Girardinus reticulatus * Haridichthys reticulatus * Heterandria guppyi * Lebistes poecilioides * Lebistes reticulatus * Poecilia poeciloides * Poecilia reticulata * Poecilioides reticulatus

    See also

    * ("guppy" on Wikipedia) * * (Poecilia reticulata) English eponyms ----