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Sceptical vs Fishy - What's the difference?

sceptical | fishy |

As adjectives the difference between sceptical and fishy

is that sceptical is having, or expressing doubt; questioning while fishy is of, from, or similar to fish.

As a noun fishy is

(childish).

sceptical

English

Alternative forms

* skeptical (US )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having, or expressing doubt; questioning
  • Of or relating to scepticism or the sceptics

    • fishy

    English

    Noun

    (fishies)
  • (childish)

    • Alternative forms

    * fishie

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of, from, or similar to fish.
  • Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=3 , passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy , and came very near to saying so.}}

    Derived terms

    * smell fishy