Frog vs. Butterfly — What's the Difference?

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.

Any of numerous tailless aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura, characteristically having a short vertebral column, a large head, long hind legs used for leaping, and a tadpole stage as larvae.

A nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day.

Any of various usually aquatic members of this order having smoother skin and longer hind legs than the toads.

A stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forwards together.

A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.

Split (a piece of meat or fish) almost in two and spread it out flat

A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.

Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, having four broad, usually colorful wings, and generally distinguished from the moths by having a slender body and knobbed antennae and being active during the day.

An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.

A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure

A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.

A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick.

A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.

A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.

The nut of a violin bow.

Butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.

(Informal)Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.

To cut and spread open and flat, as shrimp.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of French birth or descent.

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

(musical instrument) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

(swimming) The butterfly stroke.

(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.

Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic). Category:en:Curves

The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

(in plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.

An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.

Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.

(angling) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.

(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.

Defector: a politician who simply switches between different political parties.

(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.

(offensive) A French person.

A person who changes partners frequently.

A French-speaking person from Quebec.

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.

To hunt or trap frogs.

A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

To spatchcock (a chicken).

A swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

Flutter like a butterfly

(transitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.

Cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking;

An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

A person of French descent

A decorative loop of braid or cord