True, in British English! American English doesn’t differentiate.
Comment on English has too many words for animals
osanna@lemmy.vg 3 days ago
I always thought turtles mostly live in the water and tortoises mostly lived on land.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 days ago
osanna@lemmy.vg 3 days ago
Well, it’s fine for the Americans to be wrong again :)
WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
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nyctre@piefed.social 3 days ago
The good ol’ “All tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises”
spitfire@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Like with squares and rectangles
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 days ago
plust tortoises are mostly herbivirous while, turtles are omnivirous, and will eat anything that moves.