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Plaice vs Cod - What's the difference?

plaice | cod |

As nouns the difference between plaice and cod

is that plaice is the large marine flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots while cod is a small bag or pouch.

As an adjective cod is

having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).

As a verb cod is

to attempt to deceive or confuse.

plaice

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The large marine flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa , commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
  • The flatfish, .

    • See also

    * ("plaice" on Wikipedia) * (Pleuronectes platessa) * (Hippoglossoides platessoides) * (Pleuronectes platessa)

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    cod

    English

    (wikipedia cod)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) codd, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
    • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XV:
    • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes , that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
    (Mortimer)
  • The scrotum (also in plural).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
    • that which we call castoreum are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
  • (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
    • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * codpiece

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

  • A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
  • A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus , such as the .
    • Derived terms
    * bay cod * codfish * codling * cod liver oil * rock cod * shore cod

    Etymology 3

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or an imitation.
    • I assume it all could just be a cod .
  • A stupid or foolish person.
    • He's making a right cod of himself.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
    • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
    Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod -classical bombast”.

    Verb

  • (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.

    • Derived terms

    * codswallop

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