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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Gold fish

Hello, Which one is correct?
Is there any difference between them?

1. Gold fish
or
2. Golden fish
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Top answer

Both mean fish with a golden colour, or fish that are made of gold (or gilded). "golden" sounds a bit fancier and more poetic. However, "goldfish" is a specific type of fish (a type of carp), and this meaning may intrude upon "gold fish", or you may find "gold fish" used in error to mean "goldfish".

— GPY

  • Both mean fish with a golden colour, or fish that are made of gold (or gilded).
  • "golden" sounds a bit fancier and more poetic.
  • However, "goldfish" is a specific type of fish (a type of carp), and this meaning may intrude upon "gold fish", or you may find "gold fish" used in error to mean "goldfish".
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Both mean fish with a golden colour, or fish that are made of gold (or gilded). "golden" sounds a bit fancier and more poetic. However, "goldfish" is a specific type of fish (a type of carp), and this meaning may intrude upon "gold fish", or you may find "gold fish" used in error to mean "goldfish".
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GPYBoth mean fish with a golden colour, or fish that are made of gold (or gilded). "golden" sounds a bit fancier and more poetic. However, "goldfish" is a specific type of fish (a type of carp), and this meaning may intrude upon "gold fish", or you may find "gold fish" used in error to mean "goldfish".
Ok, However when I mean the following picture. Which one i
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That is a goldfish.
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These are also goldfish, and much tastier.
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GPYThat is a goldfish.
Then you mean "golden fish" ,"gold fish" and "goldfish" are the same thing. But goldfish is more correct to be used although "gold fish" and "golden fish" are also common. Right?
I mean when it is about the original picture.
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sunny123Then you mean "golden fish" ,"gold fish" and "goldfish" are the same thing. But goldfish is more correct to be used although "gold fish" and "golden fish" are also common. Right?
No, they are not the same thing. "gold fish" and "golden fish" are descriptive terms that can apply to any real or artificial fish that have a gold colour or are made of gold.
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