Lawyer vs. Shark — What's the Difference?

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant preparing, interpreting and applying the law, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.

One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.

Any of numerous cartilaginous fishes of the subclass Elasmobranchii that are chiefly carnivorous and marine. Sharks have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

(Informal)A person, such as a loan shark, who takes advantage of the misfortune of others for personal gain.

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

(Informal)A person unusually skilled in a particular activity

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

To obtain by deceitful or underhand means.

The burbot.

To take advantage of others for personal gain, especially by fraud and trickery.

The stem of a bramble.

(ichthyology) A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

Any of various plants. en

The noctuid moth Cucullia umbratica.

To practice law.

A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.

(intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

(intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.

A sleazy and amoral lawyer.

To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

An ambulance chaser.

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.

(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).

A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

(rare) To fish for sharks.

Of a university student who is not a fresher, to engage in sexual activity with a fresher, or to be at a bar or club with the general intention of engaging in such activity.

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

To live by shifts and stratagems.

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.

To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

A person who is unusually skilled in certain ways;

Play the shark; act with trickery

Hunt shark