Puppy vs Guppy - What's the difference?
puppy | guppy |
A young dog, usually cute and playful.
A young rat.
A young seal.
(slang, usually, in the plural) A woman’s breast.
(informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.
(derogatory) A conceited and impertinent person.
* Addison
To bring forth whelps; to pup.
A tiny freshwater fish, , popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.
By extension, any tiny fish.
(paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
* 2001 , John R. Little, Curtis Wong, Ultimate Paintball Field Guide (page 177)
* I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do.
As nouns the difference between puppy and guppy
is that puppy is a young dog, usually cute and playful while guppy is guppy.As a verb puppy
is to bring forth whelps; to pup.puppy
English
Noun
(puppies)- I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home.
- I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.
Synonyms
* (young dog) dogling, pup, whelp * (young seal) pup * See alsoDerived terms
* puppy fat * puppy love * hushpuppy * puppyhood * sick puppy * stress puppyVerb
guppy
English
Noun
(guppies)- Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.
- Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!
