different between goldfish vs betta

English

Etymology

gold +? fish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o?ldf??/ enPR: g?ld'f?sh

Noun

goldfish (plural goldfish or goldfishes)

1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

   For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.

2. (figuratively) A person with an unreliable memory.

Derived terms

• fantail goldfish
• goldfish bowl

Translations

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the genus name.

Noun

betta (plural bettas)

1. Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).

Synonyms

• (Betta splendens): Siamese fighting fish

Translations

See also

• betta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• betta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Adjective

betta

1. Pronunciation spelling of better (comparative of good).
   • 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb-Tide, 2001, page 69,

     'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'

Adverb

betta

1. Pronunciation spelling of better (comparative of well).
   • 2003, William Jackson, And the Sea Shall Hide Them, 2005, page 202,

     “Now she be lookin' betta,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”
2. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of better (had better).

Anagrams

• Batte

Plautdietsch

Adjective

betta

1. bitter

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse biti.

Noun

betta m

1. piece