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Whiting vs Tilapia - What's the difference?

whiting | tilapia |

As nouns the difference between whiting and tilapia

is that whiting is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc while tilapia is any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.

whiting

English

Etymology 1

Noun

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  • 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

    tilapia

    English

    (wikipedia tilapia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia , native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
  • * 2006 , , “Bottom of the World”:
    • Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron
    On tilapia fishcakes and fried black swan.

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