Lang vs. Ling — What's the Difference?

Long.

Any of various marine food fishes closely related to and resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern Atlantic waters, having a long body and a barbel on the chin.

Long.

See heather.

Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.

A common ling (Molva molva).

Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.

Heather (Calluna vulgaris).

Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

Elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried

American hakes

Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth