The difference between Roughy and Ruff

Roughy as a noun (Australia):

A fish in family The orange roughy, . Any of several marine fish of the related genus , which have rough and spiny scales.

Ruff as a noun:

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

Ruff as a noun:

Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.

Ruff as a noun (ornithology):

Philomachus pugnax (syn. ), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a ). A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird. A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.

Ruff as a noun (engineering):

A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.

Ruff as a noun (obsolete):

An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.

Ruff as a noun (obsolete):

Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.

Ruff as a verb (transitive):

To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.

Ruff as a verb (transitive, falconry):

Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.

Ruff as a verb (rare, transitive):

To ruffle; to disorder.

Ruff as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.

Ruff as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

To boast, to brag.

Ruff as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.

Ruff as a noun:

a small freshwater fish of the genus ; specifically the Eurasian ruffe ( or ) which has spiny fins; the .

Ruff as a noun:

, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the or tommy ruff.

Ruff as a noun (obsolete):

A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.

Ruff as a verb (ambitransitive):

To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).

Ruff as a verb (transitive):

Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.

Ruff as a noun:

An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.

Ruff as a noun (obsolete):

A game similar to whist and its predecessor.

Ruff as a noun (music, often, military):

A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.

Ruff as a verb (transitive):

To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.

Ruff as a verb (intransitive):

Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.

Ruff as an adjective (colloquial):

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