Goldfish vs Betta - What's the difference?
goldfish | betta |
A type of small fish, Carassius auratus , typically orange-colored.
Any fish of the genus Betta'', especially ''Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
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(comparative of good).
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(comparative of well).
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(slang) (had better).
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As nouns the difference between goldfish and betta
is that goldfish is a type of small fish, carassius auratus , typically orange-colored while betta is any fish of the genus betta'', especially ''betta splendens (the siamese fighting fish).As an adjective betta is
(comparative of good).As an adverb betta is
(comparative of well).As a verb betta is
(slang) (had better).goldfish
English
(wikipedia goldfish)Noun
(en-noun)- For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
Derived terms
* fantail goldfish * goldfish bowlbetta
English
(wikipedia betta)Etymology 1
From the genus name.Noun
(en noun)page 245,
- Rather than simply waiting for a clockwise turn and then presenting the mirror, past experience with another betta suggested that the turning behavior could be established more rapidly using a shaping procedure.
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- "Do you know that Siamese fighting fish—bettas —excrete ammonia in their waste, and that ammonia is toxic to fish? Twenty-four hours flapping their little gills in the same, unfiltered water, and they're history."
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- I had previously bought a bright red betta fish from the Chinese spiritual store, which I also sense had been sent for Aurayah.
Synonyms
* (Betta splendens) Siamese fighting fishEtymology 2
Adjective
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- 'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta ,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'
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- I pray dat dey he'p us liv' a betta lif ' den dey had.
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- Joshua shyly looks down at his feet but then glances over at Harriet and says - “Miss Harriet, a beautiful form is betta' dan a beautiful face, and a beautiful behavior is ' betta dan a beautiful form, it gives mo pleasure than statues or pictures."
Adverb
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- “Now she be lookin' betta ,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”
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- Now you even know the dope game betta than me, look how much money you save fo me when I went to jail.
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- “I see she's feelin' betta’ ,” he said in a muffled voice.
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- Other than the omnipotent one, who betta to ask to help us pray for God's mercy and grace than Jesus' mother, the ev'a bless'd Virgin Mary.
Verb
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- “Boy, if I done told you once, I done told you a thousand times, you betta leave them white girls alone before one of their boyfriends or husbands roll up on you, and put a hurtin on yo lil behind.”
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- You betta praise the Lord that's all I can say.
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- If I had a lil sister, she betta be scared to screw and be about gettin that paper.