different between dace vs chub

English

Etymology

From Old French dars, nominative form of dart (“dace”). For a similar loss of r, compare bass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

dace (plural dace or daces)

1. The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3, [1]

     Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.

2. (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

Synonyms

• dare, dart

Translations

Anagrams

• -cade, CEDA, Cade, aced, cade, deca-, ecad

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?da.t??e]

Adjective

dace f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of dac
2. accusative feminine plural of dac
3. nominative neuter plural of dac
4. accusative neuter plural of dac

Noun

dace f pl

1. plural of dac?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?b, IPA^(key): /t??b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”). Cognate with Icelandic kubbur (“block, cube”), Norwegian kubb, kubbe (“block, stump, log”), Swedish kubb (“block, log”), and perhaps to Icelandic kubba (“to hew, chop, lop”) and Russian ??????? (kubyška). More at cob, kibble.

Noun

chub (plural chubs or chub)

1. One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially:
   1. A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
   2. in Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
2. (by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.
   1. in North America, the black bass.

Derived terms

• chubby
• hornyhead chub
• river chub
• silver chub

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from chubby.

Noun

chub (countable and uncountable, plural chubs)

1. (slang, countable) A chubby, plump person.
   1. (LGBT slang, countable) An overweight or obese gay man.
2. (uncountable) Excess body fat.
3. An erection (erect penis).
4. A plastic or other flexible package of meat, usually ground meat or luncheon meat.

Translations

References

• chub at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• HBCU