Polack vs. Pollock — What's the Difference?

In the contemporary English language, the nouns Polack ( and ) or Polak are ethnic slurs, and derogatory references to a person of Polish descent. It is an Anglicisation of the Polish masculine noun Polak, which denotes a person of Polish ethnicity and male gender.

Pollock or pollack (pronounced ) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius. Pollachius pollachius is referred to as pollock in both North America and the United Kingdom, while Pollachius virens is usually known as coley in the British Isles (derived from the older name coalfish).

A person from Poland or of Polish descent

Any of various marine food fishes of the genera Pollachius and Theragra, closely related to the cod, especially T. chalcogramma of northern Pacific waters, often used for manufactured fish products.

Of Polish origin or descent

Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

Used as a disparaging term for a person of Polish birth or ancestry.

To fish for pollock.

A Polander.

To splatter, as with paint.

A person of Polish descent

A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.

United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)

Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod