Grasshopper vs Lobster - What's the difference?
grasshopper | lobster |
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
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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.
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.
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
English
(wikipedia grasshopper)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- (Grove)