different between fishing vs fishhook

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f????/
• Rhymes: -????
• Homophone: phishing

Etymology 1

From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish +? -ing.

Noun

fishing (countable and uncountable, plural fishings)

1. (uncountable) The act of catching fish.

   We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
2. (uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
4. (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.

   This is good news for the fishing industry.

5. (countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.

   • the rent of the fishings

   • 1917, The Scots Law Times (volume 2, page 190)

     Generally speaking, the only fishings which appear separately in Valuation Rolls as having a lettable value in their actual state from year to year are salmon-fishings.

Synonyms

• (act): piscatology, piscation, piscicide (pejorative), piscicapture, the gentle craft
• (business): fishery, the fish industry, the seafood industry
• (sport): sportfishing
• (place): See fishery

Translations

See also

• (adj): See fishing
• (adv): halieutically
• (science): halieutics, piscatology
• (writing on fishing): halieutics, piscatory

See also

• piscatorious, piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorical, piscatorian; piscatorially

Etymology 2

From fish +? -ing.

Verb

fishing

1. present participle of fish

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• fish hook

Etymology

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fisch?c (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish +? hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f???h?k/

Noun

fishhook (plural fishhooks)

1. a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing

   Synonyms: angle, fishing hook, hook

2. (slang) a jack (the playing card)

Translations

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN