Mackerel vs. Sardine
Difference Between Mackerel and Sardine
Mackerelnoun
An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled.
Sardinenoun
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
Mackerelnoun
(obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.
Sardinenoun
(obsolete) carnelian
Mackerelnoun
flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
Sardinenoun
(figurative) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
Mackerelnoun
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
Sardineverb
to fish for sardines
Sardineverb
to pack or cram together tightly.
Sardinenoun
small fatty fish usually canned
Sardinenoun
any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
Sardinenoun
a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
Sardinenoun
small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
