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Pufferfish vs Blowfish - What's the difference?

pufferfish | blowfish |

Blowfish is a synonym of pufferfish.



As nouns the difference between pufferfish and blowfish

is that pufferfish is any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish while blowfish is any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.

As a proper noun Blowfish is

a symmetric block cipher encryption algorithm used in modern cryptographic software, designed by Bruce Schneier in 1993.

pufferfish

English

(wikipedia pufferfish) (wikispecies)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
  • A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu .

    • Synonyms

    * (fish) balloonfish, blowfish, globefish, puffer, swellfish * (dish) fugu

    blowfish

    English

    (wikipedia blowfish)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
  • A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi. It may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

    • Synonyms

    * (fish) balloonfish, globefish, puffer, pufferfish, swellfish * (food) fugu

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