Octopus vs Shark - What's the difference?
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Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family '', having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
* 1569', ''The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge Fishe, whiche was taken on Thursday was sennight, the xvi. day of June, this present month, in the yeare of our Lord God, M.D.lxix.'', a
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 13, author=AP, work=The Guardian
, title= Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
* , chapter=7
, title= (informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.
(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
(informal) A very good poker or pool player.
(sports, and, games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.
(obsolete) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
* Bishop Earle
(obsolete) To live by shifts and stratagems.
(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
* Shakespeare, Hamlet I.i.
As nouns the difference between octopus and shark
is that octopus is any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family '', having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers while shark is a scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head or shark can be (informal|derogatory) a sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.As a verb shark is
(obsolete) to steal or obtain through fraud or shark can be (obsolete) to pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.octopus
English
(wikipedia octopus)Noun
(see usage notes)Usage notes
The plural octopi is hypercorrect, coming from the mistaken notion that the (term) in . The plural octopii is based on an incorrect attempt to pluralise the word based on an incorrect assumption of its origin, and is rare and widely considered to be nonstandard. Sources differ on which plurals are acceptable: (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage)'' asserts that “the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses”, while (Merriam-Webster) and other dictionaries accept (term) as a plural form. The ''(Oxford English Dictionary) lists (term), (term), and (term) (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare. The term octopod (either plural octopods and octopodes can be found) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent, and is not necessarily synonymous (it can encompass any member of that order). The collective form (term) is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.Derived terms
* octopean * octopian * octopic * octopine * octopuslike * octopussySynonyms
* polypusSee also
* calamari * cuttlefish * Kraken * nautilus * octopoid * squidAnagrams
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----shark
English
(wikipedia shark) (Selachimorpha)Etymology 1
First attested in the 1560s, the word meaning 'scaleless fish' is of uncertain origin: it was apparently brought to England, with a specimen, by . The word may derive from the (etyl) xoc, or it may be an application of the "scoundrel" sense (which derives from the German ) to the fish; no explanation is agreed upon.[http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002843.php]Alternative forms
* sharke (obsolete )Noun
(en noun)broadside printed in London, the earliest known use of the term; reprinted in ''A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides: printed in the reigh of Queen Elizabeth, between the years 1559 and 1597'' in ' 1867 :
- The straunge fishe is in length xvij. foote and iij. foote broad, and in compas about the bodie vj. foote; and is round snowted, short headdid, hauing iij. rankes of teeth on either iawe, [...]. Also it hath v. gills of eache side of the head, shoing white. Ther is no proper name for it that I know, but that sertayne men of Captayne Haukinses doth call it a sharke .
Man 'surfs' great white shark, passage=He said he had spoken to a woman who was kayaking off Catalina Island, California, in 2008 when a shark' slammed her kayak from underneath and sent her flying into the air. She then landed on the back of the '''shark''', Collier said. "At that point the ' shark started to swim out to sea, so she jumped off its back," Collier said.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks , and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
Synonyms
* (scaleless cartilaginous fish) (l) (obsolete)Derived terms
(shark and related fish species) * angel shark, angelshark * basking shark * bramble shark * bull shark * bullhead shark * bonnethead shark * carpetshark * catshark, cat shark * cookiecutter shark * cow shark * frilled shark * goblin shark * great white shark * Greenland shark * ground shark * gummyshark, gummy shark * hammerhead shark * hound shark, houndshark * lantern shark, lanternshark * lemon shark * leopard shark * mackerel shark * mako shark * nurse shark * requiem shark * sand shark * saw shark, sawshark * sleepershark * swellshark * thresher shark * tiger shark * weasel shark * whale shark * white sharkSee also
* dogfish * hammerhead * porbeagle * smooth-hound * thresher * white pointerEtymology 2
From the (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (player who feigns ineptitude to win money) hustlerUsage notes
* The use of the term by people unfamiliar with pool is rarely well perceived by experienced players.Derived terms
(shark) * card shark * loan shark * pool shark * shark bait * sharklike * sharkskinVerb
(en verb)- Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Derived terms
* shirkEtymology 3
Perhaps from the noun, or perhaps related to shear.Verb
(en verb)- Fortinbras Sharked up a list of lawless resolutes.