Fishy vs. Suspect — What's the Difference?

Resembling or suggestive of fish, as in taste or odor.

In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often use the word suspect as a jargon when referring to the perpetrator of the offense (perp in dated US slang).

Cold or expressionless

To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence

(Informal) Inspiring doubt or suspicion

To have doubts about (something); distrust

(childish) fish.

To consider (a person) guilty without proof

Of, from, or similar to fish.

To have suspicion.

(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.

Of drag queens: appearing feminine.

Open to or viewed with suspicion

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.

(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

Not as expected;

(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

(intransitive) To have suspicion.

To look up to; to respect.

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

Viewed with suspicion; suspected.

(nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

Suspected; distrusted.

Suspicion.

One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; - commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.

To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

To look up to; to respect.

To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

Someone who is under suspicion

A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

Imagine to be the case or true or probable;

Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

Hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty;

Not as expected;