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Snapper vs Bream - What's the difference?

snapper | bream |

As nouns the difference between snapper and bream

is that snapper is one who, or that which, snaps while bream is a European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

As a verb bream is

to clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

snapper

English

Alternative forms

* schnapper (fish)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, snaps.
  • a snapper -up of trifles
    the snapper of a whip
  • Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
  • # (Australia, New Zealand) The fish , especially an adult of the species.
  • # (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
  • (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
  • 1990', (Roddy Doyle), '' .
  • (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
  • (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
  • (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
  • (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • A snap beetle.
  • Hyponyms

    * (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)1990''', Richard Allan, ''Australian Fish and How to Catch Them'', ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309.'' “Snapper”'', entry in '''1966 , ''An Encyclopedia of New Zealand .

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    bream

    English

    (wikipedia bream)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) braisme (compare French (compare Dutch brasem).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis , little valued as food. Several species are known.
  • (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama .
  • An American fresh-water fish, of various species of and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
  • A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus , and allied genera. See sea bream.
  • Synonyms
    * (Abramis brama) carp bream
    Derived terms
    * silver bream * white bream

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    Etymology 2

    Compare (broom), and (etyl) brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.