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Squalid vs Squaloid - What's the difference?

squalid | squaloid |

As adjectives the difference between squalid and squaloid

is that squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant while squaloid is characteristic of a shark or dogfish.

As nouns the difference between squalid and squaloid

is that squalid is (zoology) any member of the squalidae while squaloid is any dogfish of the family squalidae .

squalid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods

    squaloid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a shark or dogfish
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.169:
    • The old man cracked a squaloid smile full of toothblack and breakfast scraps.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any dogfish of the family Squalidae