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Phish vs Phishing - What's the difference?

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Phishing is a related term of phish.



As verbs the difference between phish and phishing

is that phish is to engage in phishing while phishing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between phish and phishing

is that phish is an instance of a phishing attack while phishing is the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. This is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. The email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, PINs or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud.

phish

English

Verb

  • To engage in phishing.
  • Noun

    (es)
  • An instance of a phishing attack.
  • phishing

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia phishing)
  • (computing) The act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. This is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. The email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, PINs or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud.
  • The act of circumventing security with an alias.
  • Synonyms

    * spoofing

    Verb

    (head)
  • See also