different between phishing vs spearfishing

English

Etymology

Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f????/

Homophone: fishing

• Rhymes: -????

Noun

phishing (uncountable)

1. (computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
2. The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Synonyms

• spoofing

Related terms

• phish
• phisher
• spearphishing

Translations

Verb

phishing

1. present participle of phish

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

Noun

phishing

1. (slang) phishing

Declension

Synonyms

• verkkourkinta
• kalastelu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English phishing.

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

1. (computer security) phishing (the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English phishing.

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

1. (computing) phishing

English

Etymology

spear +? fishing

Noun

spearfishing (uncountable)

1. A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun.

Translations