Shark vs. Whale

Sharknoun

A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

Sharknoun

Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

Sharknoun

A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.

Sharknoun

(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

Sharknoun

(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).

Sharknoun

A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

Sharkverb

(rare) To fish for sharks.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

Sharkverb

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Sharknoun

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

Sharknoun

A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

Sharknoun

Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.

Sharkverb

To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Sharkverb

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Sharknoun

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

Sharknoun

a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

Sharknoun

a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways;

Sharkverb

play the shark; act with trickery

Sharkverb

hunt shark

Shark

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.

Whalenoun

Any of several species of large sea mammals of the infraorder Cetacea.

Whalenoun

(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.

Whalenoun

(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is excellent.

Whalenoun

(gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.

Whalenoun

An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.

Whalenoun

A video game player who spends large amounts of money on premium content.

Whaleverb

(intransitive) To hunt for whales.

Whaleverb

To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.

Whalenoun

Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

Whalenoun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Whalenoun

any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

Whaleverb

hunt for whales

Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, which usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.