What's the difference between fishlike and fishy?

Fishlike


Definition:

  • (a.) Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These findings, together with her morning mucus sample having a strong fishlike odor, prompted us to suspect a metabolic problem.

Fishy


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.
  • (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) produced strong rotten, fishy, hydrogen sulphide off-odours.
  • (2) Humans treated with large doses of choline smell "fishy" (the odor of TMA).
  • (3) We conclude that uremic breath reflects the systemic accumulation of potentially toxic volatile metabolites, among which dimethylamine and trimethylamine have been positively identified and correlated with the classic fishy odor.
  • (4) In a simple randomized trial of 90 cases (30 cases in each group) with demonstrated clinical bacterial vaginosis on the presence of 3 of 5 of the following signs: (1) Characteristic thin homogenous discharge; (2) vaginal pH greater than 4.5; (3) release of a fishy amine odor from vaginal fluid mixed with 10% KOH; (4) presence of clue cells (usually representing at least 20% of vaginal epithelial cells); and (5) vaginal fluid contains few or no lactobacilli.
  • (5) It is properly diagnosed using three of the four following criteria: (1) presence of homogenous, thin, milklike vaginal discharge; (2) vaginal pH > 4.5; (3) fishy odor on alkalinization of the vaginal secretions; and (4) presence of clue cells on microscopic examination of vaginal secretions.
  • (6) On good days friends would comment on the fishy smell; other days, when the aroma was likened to sperm, were more bleak.
  • (7) He’s not credible at all.” One of the Lucas charges was a “fishy” September 2010 trip to India, where he speculates Snowden may have met unspecified Russians or intermediaries, and attended a hacking course.
  • (8) No serious side effects were noted other than a "fishy aftertaste."
  • (9) It is concluded that trimethylamine is the primary cause of the fishy odor associated with bacterial vaginosis.
  • (10) Bacterial vaginosis can be reliably diagnosed through clinical indicators such as clue cells on wet preparation of vaginal discharge, an increased pH of vaginal discharge, a fishy, amine odor emitted when a sample of vaginal discharge is placed in potassium hydroxide, and cultures that isolate G. vaginalis.
  • (11) Illustration: David Foldvari There's something fishy about Google's motto, "Don't be evil."
  • (12) So large cuttlefish and octopus are happiest when slow-roasted or stewed – and if that involves red wine and hard herbs, the result is tender, robust and meaty all at once: a knockout ragout with a fishy twist.
  • (13) The skins lying on the ground give off a powerful fishy smell.
  • (14) Besides isolation of the organism by culture, two alternative diagnostic procedures have been claimed to be useful: the investigation of "clue cells" in clinical specimens and the amine volatilization test or fishy odor perception in genital secretions.
  • (15) Samples were collected from 11 women with a vaginal discharge having a fishy odor and from 10 women with no detectable odor.
  • (16) A fishy odor, present in bacterial vaginosis, was also found in almost half of the T. vaginalis cases.
  • (17) But he also hinted the duke’s office should cease its intermediary role on Sunninghill saying: “I think I should now deal direct with the incoming purchasers on any detail relating to the site.” The crown estate said that no deal on any London properties went through as a result of the intervention, but Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the duke’s role was “unacceptable” and “looks very fishy”.
  • (18) (The golden trout , native only to a small area of these mountains, is a subspecies of rainbow trout that blazes with red and gold during its spawning season; I have caught bushels of them over the years, not out of hunger or to satisfy my predatory instinct, but just to marvel at the beauty of them, after which I give each one a little kiss before releasing it to go on living its fishy life in peace.
  • (19) The crickets had a slightly fishy aftertaste and the buffalo worms a metallic one.
  • (20) A patient complaining of fishy smelling urine and perspiration appeared for evaluation.

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