Whiting vs. Catfish — What's the Difference?

A pure white grade of chalk that has been ground and washed for use in paints, ink, and putty.

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the Candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa.

A food fish (Merlangius merlangus) of the eastern North Atlantic and the Black Sea, closely related to and resembling the cod.

A freshwater or marine fish with barbels resembling whiskers round the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.

Any of various marine food fishes having delicate white flesh, especially several hakes of the genus Merluccius and several kingfishes of the genus Menticirrhus.

Another term for wolf fish

The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast.

Fish for catfish

The albumen of an egg.

Lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona

The white part of an eyeball.

Any of numerous scaleless, chiefly freshwater fishes of the order Siluriformes, characteristically having whiskerlike barbels extending from the upper jaw. Also called regionally mud cat.

A blank or unprinted area, as of an advertisement.

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

Whites Pieces of laundry having a white or nearly white color.

The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

Whites White pants or a white outfit of a special nature

(internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.

Whites The white dress uniform of the US Navy or Coast Guard.

(internet) Such a fake profile.

A white wine.

To fish for catfish.

A white pigment.

To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

A white breed, species, or variety of animal.

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae, characteristically having chiefly white wings often with black markings.

Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

Also White A member of a racial group having light-colored skin, especially when of European origin and in some classifications also when of Middle Eastern or North African origin.

Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

Often whites Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar.

Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.

The player using these pieces.

The outermost ring of an archery target.

A hit in this ring.

Whites(Medicine) Leukorrhea.

White A member of a conservative or counterrevolutionary faction, especially one opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war.

Being of the color white; devoid of hue, as new snow.

Weakly colored; almost colorless; pale

Pale gray; silvery and lustrous

Bloodless; blanched.

Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names.

Also White Of or belonging to a racial group of people having light-colored skin, especially when of European origin, and in some classifications also when of Middle Eastern or North African origin

Habited in white

Accompanied by or mantled with snow

Incandescent

Intensely heated; impassioned

White Of or relating to a conservative or counterrevolutionary faction, especially one opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war.

With milk added. Used of tea or coffee.

(Archaic) Unsullied; pure.

(Printing) To cover or make illegible with white coloring. Often used with out.

A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting US.

Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

In family Gadidae:

In family Sillaginidae, pl=s, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.

In family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

Present participle of white

A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; - called also fittin.

Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.

Flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

Flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

A small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

Any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

Found off Atlantic coast of North America

A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus