Bird vs Bard - What's the difference?

bird | bard |

As a proper noun bird

is .

As a noun bard is

poet, bard.

bird

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), (m), , of uncertain origin and relation.

Noun

(en noun)

A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.

Ducks and sparrows are birds .

* 2004 , Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds , page 50:

The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.

(dated, slang) A man, fellow.

* 1886 , Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual

He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!

* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 24:

The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.

* 2006 , Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels

"Ah, he's a funny bird ," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.

(UK, US, slang, used by men) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.

* Campbell

And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.

* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]

The usual visual grammar was in place – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate the presence of poison.

(UK, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.

Mike went out with his bird last night.

(slang) An airplane.

(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.

* Shakespeare

That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird .

* Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20)

The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.

Synonyms

* (man) chap, bloke, guy * (woman) broad, chick, dame, girl, lass * See also * See also

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush * adult bird * a funny bird * a gay old bird * Alberta's provincial bird * a little bird * a little bird told me * aquatic bird * a queer bird * band birds * beach birds * bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) * big bird * Big Bird * bird bath * birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea ) * birdbrain, bird brain * birdbrained, bird-brained * birdbrained person * birdcage * birdcage clock * birdcall, bird-call, bird call * birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation * birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator * birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher * birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching * bird-catching net * bird dealer, bird-dealer * bird-do * bird dog * bird-dog * bird-dogged * bird-dogging * bird-dogs * birder * bird eye * bird flu * birdfood, bird food * bird-foot * bird-footed dinosaur * bird hatch * bird hatching * bird-hipped * bird-hipped dinosaur * birdhouse, bird-house, bird house * birdie * birdied * birdieing * bird influenza * bird in the hand, bird in hand * birding * birdlet * bird life * birdlike, bird-like * birdlime * birdlimed * birdlimer * birdlimes * birdliming * bird louse * birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover * birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving * birdly * birdman * bird of freedom * bird of ill omen * bird of Jove * bird of Juno * bird of paradise * bird-of-paradise * Bird of Paradise * bird-of-paradise flower * bird of passage * bird of peace * bird of prey * bird pepper * birdseed * birdseller, bird-seller * bird's eye * bird's-eye map * bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple (Acer saccharum ) * bird's-eye maple wood veneer * bird's-eye primrose * bird's-eye speedwell * bird's-eye view * bird's-foot * bird's-foot trefoil * bird's-foot violet * bird shit * birdshot, bird shot * bird's mouth * bird's-nest orchid * bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup * birds of a feather, birds of a feather flock together * birdsong * birds of paradise, birds-of-paradise * bird spider * bird's tooth * birdstore, bird store * birdstrike, bird strike * * bird table * birdwatcher, bird-watcher, bird watcher * birdwatching, bird-watching, bird watching * birdwoman * birdy * clever bird * cock bird, cock-bird * dickeybird, dickybird * do bird * early bird * eat like a bird * European bird cherry * fine feathers make fine birds * frigate bird * for the birds * gamebird, game-bird, game bird * gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer * get the bird * give somebody the bird, give someone the bird * hen bird * hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird * kill two birds with one stone * like a bird * little bird * odd bird * old bird * rare bird * seabird * shorebird, shore bird * strange bird * the bird has flown, the bird is flown * the birds and the bees * the early bird catches the worm * waterbird, water bird

Verb

(en verb)

To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment

To catch or shoot birds.

(figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

(Ben Jonson)

Etymology 2

Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"

Noun

(-)

A prison sentence.

He’s doing bird .

Synonyms

* (prison sentence) porridge, stretch, time

Etymology 3

Dated in the mid?18th Century; derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a ”.

Noun

The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.

* 2002 , The Advocate , "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.

For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.

* 2003 , , The Beach House , Warner Books, page 305,

Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.

Derived terms

* flip the bird

Etymology 4

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(Asian slang) A penis.

Don't Touch My Bird .

References

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words

bard

English

Etymology 1

(15th c.) from (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(wikipedia bard) (en noun)

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

* 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 2.

But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),

(by extension) A poet.

the bard of Avon

Derived terms

* bardic

Etymology 2

From (etyl) barde. English since the late 15th century.

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)

Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

(cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Verb

(en verb)

To cover a horse in defensive armor.

* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 29:

The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded , consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.

(cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Anagrams

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