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Piscatory vs Piscator - What's the difference?

piscatory | piscator |

As an adjective piscatory

is of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.

As a noun piscator is

(obsolete) a fisherman; an angler.

piscatory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
  • *1843 , '', book 2, ch. 5, ''Twelfth Century
  • *:The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and piscatory otters.
  • Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
  • *1859 , , A Tale of Two Cities , ch. 4,
  • *:The air among the houses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it.

    • Synonyms

    * piscatorial

    Related terms

    * piscatory ring

    References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.

    piscator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fisherman; an angler.
    • (Webster 1913) ----