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Prawn vs Krill - What's the difference?

prawn | krill |

As nouns the difference between prawn and krill

is that prawn is a large shrimp, mostly in order Dendrobranchiata while krill is any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order order: Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

As a verb prawn

is to fish for prawns.

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.

    • krill

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order in the class Malacostraca.

    • Derived terms

    * (Antarctic krill) * (northern krill)

    References

    * * http://www.ecoscope.com/krill ----