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Turtle or Tortoise? Fridge or Refrigerator? Crocodile or Alligator?

Yea it kind of rhymes! And don't tell an Alligator is different than a Crocodile because in Arabic they both have one word! Same with Crows and Ravens or Wolves and Coyoties. Why do you have two words for everything? 🤔

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DragonFruit · 61-69, M

Arabic might have only one word for each of these pairings but, other than fridge and refrigerator, there are definable physical differences.
The word “fridge” is a shortening of “refrigerator” (also less commonly spelled “frig”....which still rhymes with “bridge” when used as a noun).