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Grunt vs Hogfish - What's the difference?

grunt | hogfish |

As nouns the difference between grunt and hogfish

is that grunt is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak while hogfish is species: Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.

As a verb grunt

is frequentative: gruntle.

grunt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
  • The snorting cry of a pig.
  • Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
  • (label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)

    • Derived terms

    * grunt boy * grunt work

    Verb

    (en verb) * Frequentative: gruntle
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • To break wind; to fart.

    • References

    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Adjective

    (head)
    • ----

    hogfish

    English

    (wikipedia hogfish)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • , an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
  • Several of the species of .
  • The pigfish or .
  • , rockfish, a kind of darter.
  • A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish ().
  • A pinfish, , ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
  • A grunt, .