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Herring vs Perch - What's the difference?

herring | perch |

As proper nouns the difference between herring and perch

is that herring is while perch is .

herring

English

(wikipedia herring) (Clupea)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea , often used as food.
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  • Fish in the family Clupeidae.
  • Fish similar to those in genus Clupea , many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

    • Derived terms

    * Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus ) * Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras ) * (English herring) (Clupea harengus ) * herringbone * (longfin herring) ( ) * matjes herring * Pacific herring () * red herring * round herring * (thread herring) () * (wolf herring) ()

    See also

    * buckling * kipper * stockfish

    perch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) perca, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca .
  • Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae.
  • Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
    • Hyponyms
    * Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch * (fish in family Percidae) darter, pike-perch, zander * (fish in order Perciformes) bass
    Derived terms
    * (black perch) * (blue perch) * (grey perch) * (gray perch) * (red perch) * (red-bellied perch) * (perch pest) * (silver perch) * (stone perch) * (striped perch) * (white perch)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
  • * Tennyson
    • Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.
  • A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
  • a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated
  • (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure
  • a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet
  • (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth
    • Derived terms
    * knock someone off his perch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
  • To stay in an elevated position.
  • To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
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    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.}}
  • (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a .