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Whiting vs Croaker - What's the difference?

whiting | croaker |

As nouns the difference between whiting and croaker

is that whiting is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc while croaker is one who croaks.

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

    croaker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who croaks.
  • A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1771 , first=Benjamin , last=Franklin , editor= John Bigelow , title=Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , edition=1st complete English edition from Franklin's English Manuscript. , publisher = J.B. Loppincott & Co. , year_published=1868 , section=part one , page=167 , ol=23279690M citation , pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/autobiographyofb1868fran
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    • , passage=There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin. }}
  • * 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
    • "It is my advice," the speaker continued, "that we go easier upon the small men. On the day that they have all been driven out the power of this society will have been broken." Unwelcome truths are not popular. There were angry cries as the speaker resumed his seat. McGinty rose with gloom upon his brow. "Brother Morris," said he, "you were always a croaker ..."
  • A frog.
  • A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make.
  • (slang) A doctor.
  • * Around 1900 , O. Henry,
    • "Lungs," said McGuire comprehensively. "I got it. The croaker says I'll come to time for six months longer—maybe a year if I hold my gait.

    Derived terms

    *spot croaker *spotfin croaker *white croaker *yellowfin croaker