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Grasshopper vs Lobster - What's the difference?

grasshopper | lobster |

As nouns the difference between grasshopper and lobster

is that grasshopper is a herbivorous insect of the order orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances while lobster is a crustacean of the family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.

As an adjective lobster is

red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

As a verb lobster is

to fish for lobsters.

grasshopper

Noun

(en noun)
  • A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.
  • A cocktail made with and optionally with creme de cacao.
  • (figuratively) a young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent
  • * 2009 , B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2:
  • Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.
  • In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
  • (Grove)

    Synonyms

    * (piano escapement lever) hopper

    Derived terms

    * grasshopper engine * * * knee high to a grasshopper

    lobster

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
  • Noun

  • A crustacean of the family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
  • A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
  • (historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
  • (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
  • Synonyms

    * (British soldier ) lobsterback, redcoat

    Hyponyms

    * (crustacean in Palinuridae) cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster

    Derived terms

    * bight lobster * furry lobster * globster * lobsterback * lobster caterpillar * lobsterer * lobsterette * lobsterish * lobsterlike * lobster louse * lobsterman * lobster pot * lobster pound * lobster shift * lobster thermidor * lobstery * Norway lobster * reef lobster * rock lobster * slipper lobster * spiny lobster * squat lobster * true lobster

    See also

    * crawfish * crayfish * prawn * shrimp * yabby * (pedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for lobsters.
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