Whale vs Wife - What's the difference?
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Any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
* 1920 September, “A Reformed Free Lance” (pseudonym), “Doctoring a Sick Encyclopedia”, in The Writer , Volume XXXII, Number 9,
* 1947 May 19, John Chamberlain, “Will Clayton and his Problem”, in ,
(gambling) (In a casino) a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
* 2003 , Jeff Wuorio, How to Buy and Sell (Just About) Everything ,
* 2004 , Norm Clarke, Vegas Confidential: Norm! Sin City's Ace Insider 1,000 Naked Truths, Hot Spots and Cool Stuff ,
* 2008', Deke Castleman, '''''Whale Hunt in the Desert ,
To hunt for whales.
To flog, to beat.
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
* (The Fisherman and His Wife)
* , chapter=10
, title= The female of a pair of mated animals.
As nouns the difference between whale and wife
is that whale is any of several species of large sea mammals of the order cetacea while wife is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.As a verb whale
is to hunt for whales.whale
English
(wikipedia whale) (Cetacea)Noun
(en noun)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
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- It was a whale of a job. It took two months, and the fair blush of youth off my cheeks.
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- But when it comes to his business life and business career, is not as other men; he is such a whale of a lot better that it suggests a qualitative as well as a quantitative difference.
- These are often no-limit games as maximum bets cramp a whale ’s style.
- A handful of the richest whales routinely play for $200,000 a hand. Australian media mogul Kerry Packer not only regularly bets that much, but has plunked down $200,000 bets for the dealer as a form of a tip.
- The high roller who had the most ferocious reputation for trying to run the business of the casinos where he played, before he died on December 26, 2006, was Kerry Packer. In the casino world, Packer was the Prince of Whales .
Derived terms
* blue whale * fin whale * have a whale of a time * humpback whale * killer whale * narwhal * pilot whale * sperm whale * whale catfish * whaler * whale fall * whalefish * whalelore * whale shark * whale watching * whalingSee also
(other associated terms) * baleen * cachalot * cete * orca * gam * pod * rorqualVerb
Anagrams
*wife
English
Noun
(wives)- My wife and I have decided to have a baby.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}