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Sprat vs Kipper - What's the difference?

sprat | kipper |

As nouns the difference between sprat and kipper

is that sprat is any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus genus: Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae 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.

sprat

English

(wikipedia sprat)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus , in the family Clupeidae.

    • See also

    * pilchard * sardine * a sprat to catch a mackerel

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • floor, story/storey (level )

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , sprat, spratovi , sprata, spratova , spratu, spratovima , sprat, spratove , sprate, spratovi , spratu, spratovima , spratom, spratovima }}

    Quotations

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    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