The difference between Angle and Fish

When used as nouns, angle means a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle), whereas fish means a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

When used as verbs, angle means to place (something) at an angle, whereas fish means to hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

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  1. Angle as a noun (geometry):

    A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

    Examples:

    "the angle between lines A and B"

  2. Angle as a noun (geometry):

    The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

    Examples:

    "The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees."

  3. Angle as a noun:

    A corner where two walls intersect.

    Examples:

    "an angle of a building"

  4. Angle as a noun:

    A change in direction.

    Examples:

    "The horse took off at an angle."

  5. Angle as a noun:

    A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

  6. Angle as a noun (media):

    The focus of a news story.

  7. Angle as a noun (slang, professional wrestling):

    A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

  8. Angle as a noun (slang):

    An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral

    Examples:

    "His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade."

  9. Angle as a noun:

    A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

  10. Angle as a noun (astrology):

    Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

  1. Angle as a verb (transitive, often in the [[passive]]):

    To place (something) at an angle.

    Examples:

    "The roof is angled at 15 degrees."

  2. Angle as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To change direction rapidly.

    Examples:

    "The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket."

  3. Angle as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

    Examples:

    "How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?"

  4. Angle as a verb (transitive, cue sports):

    To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

    Examples:

  1. Angle as a verb (intransitive):

    To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

  2. Angle as a verb (informal):

    (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

    Examples:

    "He must be angling for a pay rise."

  1. Angle as a noun:

    A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

  1. Fish as a noun (countable):

    A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

    Examples:

    "Salmon is a fish."

    "The Sun Mother created all the fishes of the world."

    "The Sun Mother created all the fish of the world."

    "We have many fish in our aquarium."

  2. Fish as a noun (archaic, or, loosely):

    Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

  3. Fish as a noun (uncountable):

    The flesh of the fish used as food.

    Examples:

    "The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta."

  4. Fish as a noun (uncountable):

    A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

  5. Fish as a noun (uncountable, derogatory, slang):

    A woman.

  6. Fish as a noun (countable, slang):

    An easy victim for swindling.

  7. Fish as a noun (countable, poker slang):

    A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

  8. Fish as a noun (countable, nautical):

    A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

  9. Fish as a noun (nautical):

    A purchase used to fish the anchor.

  10. Fish as a noun (countable, nautical):

    A torpedo.

  11. Fish as a noun (zoology):

    A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups: Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra) Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw) Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda) # Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays # Superclass Osteichthyes, bony fish.

  12. Fish as a noun (cartomancy):

    The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

  1. Fish as a noun:

    A period of time spent fishing.

    Examples:

    "The fish at the lake didn't prove successful."

  2. Fish as a noun:

    An instance of seeking something.

    Examples:

    "Merely two fishes for information told the whole story."

  1. Fish as a verb (intransitive):

    To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

    Examples:

    "She went to the river to fish for trout."

  2. Fish as a verb (transitive):

    To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

    Examples:

    "They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."

  3. Fish as a verb (intransitive):

    To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

    Examples:

    "Why are you fishing through my things?"

    "He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."

  4. Fish as a verb (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for"):

    To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something.

    Examples:

    "The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information."

    "The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."

  5. Fish as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

  6. Fish as a verb (nautical):

    To repair a spar or mast by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

  1. Fish as a noun (obsolete):

    A counter, used in various games.

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