Shark vs. Wolf — What's the Difference?

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.

The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, and gray wolves, as colloquially understood, comprise non-domestic/feral subspecies.

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.

Any of several carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in packs.

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

The fur of such an animal.

(Informal)A person unusually skilled in a particular activity

Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.

To obtain by deceitful or underhand means.

The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.

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

One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.

(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.

(Slang)A man who habitually makes aggressive sexual advances to women.

The noctuid moth Cucullia umbratica.

A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.

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

Dissonance in perfect fifths on a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.

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

To eat greedily or voraciously:"The town's big shots were ... wolfing down the buffet"(Ralph Ellison).

A sleazy and amoral lawyer.

Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.

An ambulance chaser.

Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.

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

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

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

(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.

A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

(rare) To fish for sharks.

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

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.

A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

A wolf spider.

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

(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.

To live by shifts and stratagems.

A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

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

To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

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

Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

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

Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

To live by shifts and stratagems.

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

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

An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.

A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

A person who is unusually skilled in certain ways;

A willying machine.

Play the shark; act with trickery

Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Hunt shark

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

A cruelly rapacious person

Eat hastily;