Shark vs. Tiger

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

A male tiger.

Sharknoun

A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.

Tigernoun

(heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

(obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

A leopard.

Sharknoun

A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

Tigernoun

A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.

Sharkverb

(rare) To fish for sharks.

Tigernoun

(figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

Tigernoun

A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.

‘three cheers and a tiger’;

Sharkverb

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

Tigernoun

A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Tigernoun

A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Tigernoun

A tiger beetle.

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina

Sharknoun

A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

Tigernoun

A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

Sharkverb

To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Tigernoun

Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.

‘As for heinous tiger, Tamora.’;

Sharkverb

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

‘Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.’;

Tigernoun

A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Tigernoun

A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.

Sharknoun

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

Tigernoun

A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

Sharknoun

a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

Tigernoun

a fierce or audacious person;

‘he's a tiger on the tennis court’; ‘it aroused the tiger in me’;

Sharknoun

a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways;

‘a card shark’;

Tigernoun

large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

Sharkverb

play the shark; act with trickery

Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside.

Sharkverb

hunt shark

Shark

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.