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Prawns vs Lobster - What's the difference?

prawns | lobster |

As nouns the difference between prawns and lobster

is that prawns is while lobster is a crustacean of the family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.

As verbs the difference between prawns and lobster

is that prawns is (prawn) while lobster is to fish for lobsters.

As an adjective lobster is

red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

prawns

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (prawn)

    • lobster

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

    • Noun

  • A crustacean of the family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
  • A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
  • (historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
  • (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (British soldier ) lobsterback, redcoat

    Hyponyms

    * (crustacean in Palinuridae) cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster

    Derived terms

    * bight lobster * furry lobster * globster * lobsterback * lobster caterpillar * lobsterer * lobsterette * lobsterish * lobsterlike * lobster louse * lobsterman * lobster pot * lobster pound * lobster shift * lobster thermidor * lobstery * Norway lobster * reef lobster * rock lobster * slipper lobster * spiny lobster * squat lobster * true lobster

    See also

    * crawfish * crayfish * prawn * shrimp * yabby * (pedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for lobsters.

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