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Catfish vs Whiting - What's the difference?

catfish | whiting |

As nouns the difference between catfish and whiting

is that catfish is any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth while whiting is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

As a verb catfish

is to create a fake online profile to seduce someone (from the 2010 documentary Catfish.

catfish

English

(wikipedia catfish)

Etymology 1

From . Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a 's whiskers.

Noun

  • Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
    • Synonyms
    * sheat, sheatfish
    Derived terms
    * airbreathing catfish * channel catfish * whale catfish

    Verb

    (es)
  • To create a fake online profile to seduce someone (from the 2010 documentary )
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 2013-01-17 , title = In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen , author = Mary Pilon , newspaper = (The New York Times) , issn = 0362-4331 , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/sports/ncaafootball/deception-ripped-from-the-screen-in-hoax-story-of-manti-teo.html , passage = Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members. }}
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2014-01-16 , title = Cooperative Polygraphy , series = , network = NBC , medium = TV , season = 5 , number = 4 , people = (Donald Glover) , role = Troy , time = 12:17 , passage = [to Abed]'' You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. ''[to Annie] He's catfishing you.}}
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    • English invariant nouns

    whiting

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m). Related to the colour white. Cognate to Dutch .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A fish, , similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
  • Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including (the silver hake).

    • References

    Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631