Guppy vs Minnow - What's the difference?
guppy | minnow |
A tiny freshwater fish, , popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.
By extension, any tiny fish.
(paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
* 2001 , John R. Little, Curtis Wong, Ultimate Paintball Field Guide (page 177)
* I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do.
A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
More generally, any small fish.
(football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 29
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town
, work=BBC
(fishing) to fish minnows
(fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait
As nouns the difference between guppy and minnow
is that guppy is a tiny freshwater fish, species: Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males while minnow is a small freshwater fish of the carp family.As a verb minnow is
to fish minnows.guppy
English
Noun
(guppies)- Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
- Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
Synonyms
* (millionfish) (obsolete taxonomic names) * Acanthocephalus guppii * Acanthocephalus reticulatus * Girardinus guppii * Girardinus petersi * Girardinus poeciloides * Girardinus reticulatus * Haridichthys reticulatus * Heterandria guppyi * Lebistes poecilioides * Lebistes reticulatus * Poecilia poeciloides * Poecilia reticulata * Poecilioides reticulatusminnow
English
(wikipedia minnow)Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.}}