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Pufferfish vs Pillow - What's the difference?

pufferfish | pillow |

As nouns the difference between pufferfish and pillow

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 pillow is a soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

As a verb pillow is

to rest as on a pillow.

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

    pillow

    English

    (wikipedia pillow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
  • (geology) A pillow lava.
  • (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
  • (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  • A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

    • Derived terms

    * pillow-biter * pillow block * pillow case * pillow fight * pillowing * pillow lace * pillow lava * pillow sham * pillowy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rest as on a pillow.
  • * 1942': She had '''pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)