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Kipper vs Mackerel - What's the difference?

kipper | mackerel |

As nouns the difference between mackerel and kipper

is that mackerel is an edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled while kipper is a split, salted and smoked herring.

As a verb kipper is

to prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

As an adjective kipper is

amorous.

kipper

English

(wikipedia kipper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A split, salted and smoked herring.
  • A salmon after spawning.
  • (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.

    • Derived terms

    * kipper tie

    Verb

  • (cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) amorous
  • (UK, dialect) lively; light-footed; nimble
    • (Halliwell)
    English transitive verbs

    mackerel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maquerel, from a (etyl) source.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled.
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    Derived terms
    * * * * * holy mackerel * horse mackerel * a sprat to catch a mackerel * * mackerel shark * mackerel sky * * Spanish mackerel
    Related terms
    * scombral
    See also
    * tuna

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) maquerel, (etyl) maquereau, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.
    • (Halliwell)