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Octopus vs Bacon - What's the difference?

octopus | bacon |

As proper nouns the difference between octopus and bacon

is that octopus is while bacon is .

octopus

Noun

(see usage notes)
  • Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family '', having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
  • (uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
  • An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
  • Usage notes

    The plural octopi is hypercorrect, coming from the mistaken notion that the (term) in . The plural octopii is based on an incorrect attempt to pluralise the word based on an incorrect assumption of its origin, and is rare and widely considered to be nonstandard. Sources differ on which plurals are acceptable: (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage)'' asserts that “the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses”, while (Merriam-Webster) and other dictionaries accept (term) as a plural form. The ''(Oxford English Dictionary) lists (term), (term), and (term) (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare. The term octopod (either plural octopods and octopodes can be found) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent, and is not necessarily synonymous (it can encompass any member of that order). The collective form (term) is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.

    Derived terms

    * octopean * octopian * octopic * octopine * octopuslike * octopussy

    Synonyms

    * polypus

    See also

    * calamari * cuttlefish * Kraken * nautilus * octopoid * squid

    bacon

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • d meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig.
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  • Thin slices of the above in long strips.
  • A term of endearment.
  • my sweet bacon
  • A saucisse.
  • (Wilhelm)
  • The police.
  • Run! It's the bacon !

    Synonyms

    * (Cut of meat from a pig) ham, pork

    Derived terms

    * a good voice to beg bacon * bacon and cabbage * bacon fed * bacon-faced * bacon grease * bacon rind * bacony * back bacon * bring home the bacon * Canadian bacon * cottage bacon * get the bacon bad * peameal bacon * Irish bacon * save someone's bacon * side bacon * streaky bacon

    Descendants

    * Finnish: (l)

    See also

    * gammon * guanciale * hock * pancetta * green, in the sense of unsmoked * smoked * hog * porcine * rasher * sow * swine * (wikipedia "bacon") ----