What's the Difference? Quiz

Crocodile snouts are more pointed than their gator counterparts. As a result, when a crocodile's mouth is closed, two bottom teeth on either side of its lower jaw stick out over the lip. Alligators show no teeth when their jaws are closed. Plus they hang out in freshwater marshes, while crocodiles prefer saltwater.

These words are often mixed up. "Complement" means things go well together or complete each other. "Compliment" is giving a polite expression of praise ("Your outfit looks great!").

The dolphin's curved fin is one way to distinguish it from a porpoise. But they're both super smart.

Both are whiskeys (or whiskies), but Scotch must be made in Scotland and from malted barley. Bourbon must be made in the U.S. (not necessarily Kentucky) from a grain mixture that is at least 51 percent corn.

Brown eggs are more expensive than white eggs, but their nutritional value is the same. The quality of an egg is based on the environment and nutrition enjoyed by the hen in question. Generally, white hens lay white eggs, and brown hens lay brown eggs.

It's all based on geography. The storm is called a hurricane if it's located in the Northeast Pacific or Atlantic, a typhoon in the Northwest Pacific, and a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific.

A lot of people refer to yams and sweet potatoes interchangeably, but they're actually two different things. True yams hail from the Caribbean and have a dry, white flesh, whereas sweet potatoes are typically orange.

Roasting is typically done with solid foods like meats and veggies, whereas baking is done with foods that don't have structure in the beginning, like cakes.

You emigrate from somewhere, but once you're settled permanently in your new locale you can say that you "immigrated." When a person or animal migrates they're just going to a different area of the same country.

A hornet is a wasp, as is a yellow jacket. Not all wasps are aggressive, but hornets and yellow jackets certainly are.