Goldfish vs Catfish - What's the difference?
goldfish | catfish |
A type of small fish, Carassius auratus , typically orange-colored.
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
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
As nouns the difference between goldfish and catfish
is that goldfish is a type of small fish, carassius auratus , typically orange-colored while 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.As a verb catfish is
to create a fake online profile to seduce someone (from the 2010 documentary ).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.