Octopus vs. Calamari — What's the Difference?

Octopus (pl. octopuses, see below for variants) are soft-bodied, eight-limbed molluscs of the order Octopoda (, ok-TOP-ə-də).

Squid prepared as food.

Any of various carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks chiefly of the family Octopodidae, having a soft body, eight arms with suckers, a large distinct head, and a mouth with a strong beak.

Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings

Something, such as a multinational corporation, that has many powerful, centrally controlled branches.

Squid, the mollusk, in general

Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.

(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

(uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.

An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.

To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.

To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.

To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.

(by extension) To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.

To hunt and catch octopuses.

To behave like an octopus.

A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish.

Any member of the genus Octopus.

Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; - used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations.

Tentacles of octopus prepared as food

Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles