crab

As nouns the difference between crab and shark

is that crab is a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace 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.

As verbs the difference between crab and shark

is that crab is to fish for crabs while shark is to steal or obtain through fraud.

As nouns the difference between crab and beetle

is that crab is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner while beetle is any of numerous species of insect in the order coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest or beetle can be a type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

As verbs the difference between crab and beetle

is that crab is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour while beetle is to move away quickly, to scurry away or beetle can be to loom over; to extend or jut or beetle can be to beat with a heavy mallet.

As an adjective beetle is

protruding, jutting, overhanging (as in beetle brows ).

As a noun crab

is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.

As an adjective leucosoid is

(zoology) resembling or pertaining to the leucosidea , a tribe of marine crabs.

As a noun crab

is a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs.

As an adjective metagastric is

of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs.

As nouns the difference between crab and crabburger

is that crab is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner while crabburger is a burger made with crab instead of beef.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.

As a noun crab

is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.

As an adjective brachyuran is

of or pertaining to crabs.

As nouns the difference between crab and cancroid

is that crab is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner while cancroid is (pathology) any disease that resembles cancer.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.

As an adjective cancroid is

resembling a crab.

As a noun crab

is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.

As an adjective cancrivorous is

that feeds on crabs and other crustaceans.

As a noun crab

is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.

As an adjective cancriform is

having the form of a crab.

As nouns the difference between crab and paragonimiasis

is that crab is a crustacean of the infraorder brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace or crab can be the crab apple or wild apple or crab can be the tree species , native of south america or crab can be short for carabiner while paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly paragonimus westermani , in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

As a verb crab

is to fish for crabs or crab can be (obsolete) to irritate, make surly or sour.