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Fishing vs Ligger - What's the difference?

fishing | ligger |

As nouns the difference between fishing and ligger

is that fishing is (label) the act of catching fish while ligger is the horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger or ligger can be (slang) a freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry or ligger can be a baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.

As an adjective fishing

is of, about, or pertaining to the act of.

As a verb fishing

is .

fishing

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, about, or pertaining to the act of .
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
    • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

    Synonyms

    * piscatorious, piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorical, piscatorian

    Related terms

    * (adv) piscatorially

    Noun

  • (label) The act of catching fish.
    • a good day's fishing
  • The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
  • (senseid)(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
    • the fishing industry
  • (label) A fishery, a place for catching fish.
  • *Spenser
  • *:the rent of the fishings

    • Synonyms

    * (act) piscatology, piscation, piscicide (pejorative), piscicapture, the gentle craft * (business) fishery, the fish industry, the seafood industry * (sport) sportfishing * (place) See fishery

    Related terms

    * (adj) See * (adv) halieutically * (science) halieutics, piscatology * (writing on fishing) halieutics, piscatory

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * bottom fishing * fishing boat * fishing cat * fishing expedition * fishing ground * fishing hook * fishing line * fishing pole * fishing rod * fishing space

    ligger

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
  • A nether millstone.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry.
  • * Peaches Geldof may be a top showbiz ligger – but now she’s got a group of her own.'' – "Peaches gets own band", ''The Sun , 29 Aug 2006
  • * The ligger caused a scene when he begged one reveller to find him some gear – and offered sexual favours in return.'' – "Wicked Whispers", ''The Mirror , 29 Jan 2005

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.
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