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Stoat vs Fisher - What's the difference?

stoat | fisher |

As nouns the difference between stoat and fisher

is that stoat is species: Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip while fisher is a person who catches fish, especially for a living.

As a proper noun Fisher is

{{surname|from=occupations|A=An English occupational}} for a fisherman.

stoat

English

(wikipedia stoat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • , the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
  • * 1886 , Transactions of the Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club , Volume 1, page 135,
    • I have never seen Stoats' hunt in packs, but it is certain both Weasels and ' Stoats do so.
  • * 2003 , John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence , page 272,
    • In 1953 it was reported that the stoat had increased to a high population level, but that the weasel introduced at the same time had disappeared (de Vos et al. 1956).
  • * 2005 , T. C. R. White, Why Does the World Stay Green?: Nutrition and Survival of Plant-eaters , page 91,
    • European stoats were long ago introduced to New Zealand (along with ferrets and weasels!) in the mistaken belief that they would control the burgeoning populations of introduced rabbits.

    Synonyms

    * (Mustela erminea) ermine (especially when in white winter coat), short-tailed weasel (US)

    Anagrams

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    fisher

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who catches fish, especially for a living.
  • A person attempting to catch fish.
  • A ship used for fishing.
    • Usage notes
    Traditionally less common than fisherman, "fisher" is gaining in use as a more gender-inclusive alternative.
    Synonyms
    * (catcher of wild fish) fisherman, angler, piscary, piscator, piscatorian, piscatorialist, piscicapturist * (catcher of captive fish) fish farmer, pisciculturist * (ship) fisherman
    Related terms
    * (act) See fishing * (adj) piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorian, piscatorious * (adv) piscatorially * (writing on fishermen) piscatory

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A North American marten, , that has thick brown fur.
  • * 1969 , Rutherford George Montgomery, The Living Wilderness , page 13,
    • In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.
  • * 1998 , Thomas E. Kucera, American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection , page 62,
    • In the southeastern United States, Krohn et al. (1994) hypothesize that the inverse relationship between captures of fishers' and martens by commercial trappers may result from an interaction between competitive displacement of marten by '''fisher''' and the avoidance of areas with deep and frequent snowfalls by ' fishers but not martens.
  • * 2003 , Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics , page 207,
    • The term "forest carnivores" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher , lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.
  • The fur of Martes pennanti .
    • Synonyms
    * (Martes pennanti) pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox
    See also
    * * (Martes pennanti) * (Martes pennanti)