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Salmon vs Houdini - What's the difference?

salmon | houdini |

As proper nouns the difference between salmon and houdini

is that salmon is while houdini is the magician and escape artist.

As a noun houdini is

an escape artist.

As a verb houdini is

to vanish, or escape a difficult situation quickly.

salmon

English

(wikipedia salmon)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily.
  • A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout )
  • * 1992 , The Shamen (band), (Ebeneezer Goode) (song)
    • Got any salmon ?

    Synonyms

    * (fish) lax * (smoked salmon) lox * (colour) salmon pink

    Derived terms

    * Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ) * (Salmo salar ) * beaked salmon () * (Salmo salar ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * ) * (Salmo salar ) * ) * chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ) * coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch ) * Danube salmon (Hucho hucho ) * ) * dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ) * (Salmo salar ) * ) * humpback salmon () * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * land-locked salmon (Salmo salar ) * Nova Scotia salmon * (Salmo salar ) * (Oncorhynchus spp.) * ) * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * rock salmon * salmon and trout * (Cacatua moluccensis ) * salmon day * (Eucalyptus spp.) * salmon ladder * salmon leap * salmon peel * ) * ) * salmon trout (Salmo gairdneri ) * ) * salmonberry () * salmonid * (Salmo salar ) * silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch'', ''Salmo salar ) * smoked salmon * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * spring salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha )

    Related terms

    * samlet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a yellowish pink colour.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 155:
    • Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.

    See also

    * * alevin * anadromous * arctic char * blackfish * coarse fish * gravlax * grilse * kelt * kipper * lox * parr * redfish * smolt * sockeye * trout * yolk fry

    Anagrams

    * English invariant nouns English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    houdini

    English

    (wikipedia Houdini)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The magician and escape artist .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escape artist.

    • Usage notes

    * Used attributively, as in *: A delighted Thurlow described his performance as "a real Houdini act". – (BBC news report)

    Verb

  • to vanish, or escape a difficult situation quickly.
  • * 2008 , Anthony A. von Dessauer, Victoria , Lulu.com, page 97:
    • “Hey! Let’s go see what the others are up too,” he suggested and Houdinied his way out from between the counter and Lorilei before fleeing to the hallway.
  • * 2009 , Tony Esposito, Don’t Ever Leave This Country , AuthorHouse, page 197:
    • While she Houdinied out of the sheets she seesawed upright to a sitting position, then, free, she sprang to her feet, her spiffy breasts not the least bit fazed by her thunky dismount.
  • * 2012 , Jennie Ketcham, I Am Jennie , Gallery Books, page 340:
    • Friends: to those I Houdini-ed , those I ran away from, those I lied to, took advantage of, or abused in any sort of way, I am sorry.