Roe vs. Row — What's the Difference?

Roe () or hard roe is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop, sea urchins, and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many dishes and as a raw ingredient.

A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.

The eggs or spawn of a fish, contained within or separated from the ovary, especially when prepared as food. Also called hard roe.

A succession without a break or gap in time

The milt-containing testes of a fish, especially when prepared as food. Also called soft roe.

A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.

The eggs or gonads of certain marine invertebrates, such as a lobster or a sea urchin.

A continuous line of buildings along a street.

The eggs of fish.

The act or an instance of rowing.

The sperm of certain fish.

A shift at the oars of a boat.

The ovaries of certain crustaceans.

A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.

A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

A noisy or quarrel or disturbance.

A roebuck. See Roebuck.

A loud noise.

The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.

To place in a row.

A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

To use an oar or pair of oars in propelling a boat, typically by facing the stern and pulling the oar handle toward oneself, using an oarlock as a fulcrum to push the blade backward through the water repeatedly.

Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture

To propel (a boat) with oars.

Eggs of female fish

To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.

The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster

To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).

The eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish

To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.

To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.

To race against by rowing.

To take part in a noisy quarrel or disturbance.

A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.

A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

An act or instance of rowing.

(weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

A noisy argument.

A continual loud noise.

To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

(transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.

(intransitive) To be moved by oars.

(intransitive) To argue noisily.

Rough; stern; angry.

A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.

A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.

The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.

To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.

To use the oar; as, to row well.

To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.

An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;

An angry dispute;

A long continuous strip (usually running horizontally);

(construction) a layer of masonry;

A linear array of numbers side by side

A continuous chronological succession without an interruption;

The act of rowing as a sport

Propel with oars;