fishy vs shady what difference

what is difference between fishy and shady

English

Etymology

From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃi/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃi

Noun

fishy (plural fishies)

1. (childish) Diminutive of fish.

Alternative forms

• fishie

Synonyms

• fishy wishy

Translations

Adjective

fishy (comparative fishier, superlative fishiest)

1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
2. Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
   • 1973, Matt Braun, chapter 5, in El Paso, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN; reprinted New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, July 1999, page 236:

     There was something more to this than met the eye, and he had the distinct feeling that the marshal had just snookered him into a corner. But he couldn’t very well refuse, and it would look fishy if he demanded they march now.

3. (LGBT slang) Of drag queens: appearing feminine.

Synonyms

• (of, from, or similar to fish): fishlike, fishly, ichthyic, piscine

Derived terms

• fishily
• smell fishy

Related terms

• fishify

Translations

English

Etymology

From shade +‎ -y. Compare Saterland Frisian skaadich, skaddich (“shady”), German schattig (“shady”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪdi/
• Rhymes: -eɪdi

Adjective

shady (comparative shadier, superlative shadiest)

1. Abounding in shades.
2. Causing shade.

   • The shady trees cover him with their shadow.

3. Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building

     you may have rooms both for summer and winter; shady for summer, and warm for winter

4. (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.

   He is a shady character.

   • 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22^nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”

     Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.

5. (Britain, slang) Mean, cruel.

   Don’t be shady, give us a go.

Synonyms

• (not trustworthy): corrupt, dodgy, dubious, equivocal, seedy, sketchy, suspicious

Translations

Anagrams

• dashy

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