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Smolt vs Finnock - What's the difference?

smolt | finnock |

As nouns the difference between smolt and finnock

is that smolt is a young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color while finnock is a kind of sea trout.

As an adjective smolt

is bright; serene.

smolt

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) smolt, smylt, from (etyl) smolt, .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bright; serene.
  • Calm; fine; fair.
  • Smooth and shining.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably an alteration of smelt, due to . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    finnock

    English

    Alternative forms

    * finnoc

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of sea trout.
  • * 1866 , Thomas Tod Stoddart, An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs , page 46:
    • Previous to their descent, I caught in all, not far from the tideway, about half-a-dozen finnocks , on two or three different occasions.
  • * 1893 , J Moray Brown, Stray Sport :
    • Have you ever had a day's finnock -fishing? If you have not, and you happen to be a keen disciple of Izaak Walton, take my advice and seize the first opportunity of doing so.
  • * 2006 , Graeme Harris and Nigel Milner (editors), Sea Trout :
    • Emigrating smolts were captured by fyke net in 1998 and early 1999. [...] The returns to date suggest that the sea survival of stocked fish returning as finnock is consistently lower than that of wild smolts and that the survival of both groups to mature sea trout is almost non-existent at present.