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Mullet vs Whiting - What's the difference?

mullet | whiting |

As nouns the difference between mullet and whiting

is that mullet is a fish of the family mugilidae (the grey mullets) or mullet can be a fool or mullet can be a hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back or mullet can be (heraldiccharge) a star with straight edges and usually with five or six points while whiting is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc or whiting can be a fish, , similar to cod, found in the north atlantic.

mullet

English

Etymology 1

(Mugilidae) From (etyl) mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A fish of the family Mugilidae (the grey mullets).
  • A fish of the family Mullidae, especially the genus Mullus , (the s).
    • Synonyms
    * haarder * springer
    Derived terms
    * black mullet * black true mullet * bright mullet * bully mullet * callifaver mullet * common grey mullet * common mullet * finger mullet * flathead mullet * flathead grey mullet * gray mullet * hardgut mullet * mangrove mullet * popeye mullet * red mullet * river mullet * sea mullet * striped mullet * stunned mullet

    Etymology 2

    Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull'' (meaning ''to stupefy ) though neither is certain.http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mullet.html

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fool

    • Etymology 3

    Apparently coined (and popularized) by hip hop group the .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
  • * 2008 , Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots 406
    • – Maybe it’s a curly fro.
    – Maybe every day is bad hair day!
    – Maybe it’s a mullet !
  • (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
    • Usage notes
    The hairstyle sense is particularly associated with the working class or even bad taste.
    Derived terms
    * (l)
    Synonyms
    * hockey hair

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
    • Coordinate terms
    * estoile

    References

    whiting

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m). Related to the colour white. Cognate to Dutch .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A fish, , similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
  • Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including (the silver hake).

    • References

    Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631