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Prawn vs Butterfly - What's the difference?

prawn | butterfly |

As nouns the difference between prawn and butterfly

is that prawn is a large shrimp, mostly in order dendrobranchiata while butterfly is a flying insect of the order lepidoptera , distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

As verbs the difference between prawn and butterfly

is that prawn is to fish for prawns while butterfly is to cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

prawn

English

(wikipedia prawn)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large shrimp, mostly in order Dendrobranchiata.
  • (slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
    • She's a prawn !

    Synonyms

    * (woman) butterface

    Derived terms

    * come the raw prawn * king prawn

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for prawns.

    • butterfly

    English

    (Butterfly) (wikipedia butterfly)

    Noun

    (butterflies)
  • A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera , distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • The day came indeed when her breathless auditors learnt from her in bewilderment that what ailed him was that he was, alas, simply not serious. Maisie wept on Mrs. Wix's bosom after hearing that Sir Claude was a butterfly [...].
  • The butterfly stroke.
  • A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
    • butterfly tape

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * butterflies in one's stomach * butterfly ballot * butterfly banners * butterfly bat * butterfly bomb * butterfly bush (see buddleia or buddleja) * butterfly chair * butterfly clam * butterfly collector (see lepidopterist or lepidopterology) * butterfly cod * butterfly crab * butterfly dam * butterfly damper * butterfly effect * butterfly fish * butterfly flower (see schizanthus) * butterfly hinge * butterfly knife * butterfly knot * butterfly lily * butterfly mussel * butterfly net * butterfly nut (wing nut) * butterfly orchid * butterfly pea * butterfly plant * butterfly ray * butterfly shell * butterfly stroke (swimming) * butterfly table * butterfly tulip * butterfly valve * butterfly weed * butterfly window * float like a butterfly * peacock butterfly * social butterfly

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
    • butterflied shrimp
    Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.
  • To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.

    • See also

    * caterpillar * flutterby * moth * *

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    References

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