Cat vs. Catfish

Cat vs. Catfish — Is There a Difference?
ADVERTISEMENT

Difference Between Cat and Catfish

Catnoun

An animal of the family Felidae:

Catfishnoun

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

Catnoun

A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

Catfishnoun

(internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.

Catnoun

Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.

Catfishnoun

(internet) Such a fake profile.

ADVERTISEMENT

Catnoun

A person:

Catfishverb

To fish for catfish

I only use this rod for catfishing.

Catnoun

(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.

Catfishverb

To create a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

Catnoun

An enthusiast or player of jazz.

Catfishnoun

flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

ADVERTISEMENT

Catnoun

(slang) A person (usually male).

Catfishnoun

large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

Catnoun

(slang) A prostitute.

Catfishnoun

any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Catnoun

(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

Catnoun

Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.

Catnoun

(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel now only in "catboat".

Catnoun

The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

Catnoun

The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

Catnoun

(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.

Catnoun

A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.

Catnoun

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

Catnoun

A catamaran.

Catnoun

(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.

Catnoun

(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.

Catnoun

A catapult.

a carrier's bow cats

Catnoun

A catfish.

Catnoun

(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)

Catnoun

A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.

Catverb

To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

Catverb

To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

Catverb

(slang) To vomit something.

Catverb

To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

Catverb

To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Catadjective

Terrible, disastrous.

The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

Catnoun

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats

Catnoun

an informal term for a youth or man;

a nice guythe guy's only doing it for some doll

Catnoun

a spiteful woman gossip;

what a cat she is!

Catnoun

the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;

in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults

Catnoun

a whip with nine knotted cords;

British sailors feared the cat

Catnoun

a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

Catnoun

any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

Catnoun

a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

Catverb

beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

Catverb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

After drinking too much, the students vomitedHe purged continuouslyThe patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night