Bird vs Shark - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between bird and shark

is that bird is a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling while shark is to pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

As nouns the difference between bird and shark

is that bird is 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 while shark is a scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

As verbs the difference between bird and shark

is that bird is to observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment while shark is to steal or obtain through fraud.

As a proper noun Bird

is {{surname}.

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

shark

English

(wikipedia shark) (Selachimorpha)

Etymology 1

First attested in the 1560s, the word meaning 'scaleless fish' is of uncertain origin: it was apparently brought to England, with a specimen, by . The word may derive from the (etyl) xoc, or it may be an application of the "scoundrel" sense (which derives from the German ) to the fish; no explanation is agreed upon.[http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002843.php]

Alternative forms

* sharke (obsolete )

Noun

(en noun)

A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

* 1569', ''The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge Fishe, whiche was taken on Thursday was sennight, the xvi. day of June, this present month, in the yeare of our Lord God, M.D.lxix.'', a broadside printed in London, the earliest known use of the term; reprinted in ''A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides: printed in the reigh of Queen Elizabeth, between the years 1559 and 1597'' in ' 1867 :

The straunge fishe is in length xvij. foote and iij. foote broad, and in compas about the bodie vj. foote; and is round snowted, short headdid, hauing iij. rankes of teeth on either iawe, [...]. Also it hath v. gills of eache side of the head, shoing white. Ther is no proper name for it that I know, but that sertayne men of Captayne Haukinses doth call it a sharke .

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 13, author=AP, work=The Guardian

, title= Man 'surfs' great white shark , passage=He said he had spoken to a woman who was kayaking off Catalina Island, California, in 2008 when a shark' slammed her kayak from underneath and sent her flying into the air. She then landed on the back of the '''shark''', Collier said. "At that point the ' shark started to swim out to sea, so she jumped off its back," Collier said.}}

Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

* , chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks , and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}

Synonyms

* (scaleless cartilaginous fish) (l) (obsolete)

Derived terms

(shark and related fish species) * angel shark, angelshark * basking shark * bramble shark * bull shark * bullhead shark * bonnethead shark * carpetshark * catshark, cat shark * cookiecutter shark * cow shark * frilled shark * goblin shark * great white shark * Greenland shark * ground shark * gummyshark, gummy shark * hammerhead shark * hound shark, houndshark * lantern shark, lanternshark * lemon shark * leopard shark * mackerel shark * mako shark * nurse shark * requiem shark * sand shark * saw shark, sawshark * sleepershark * swellshark * thresher shark * tiger shark * weasel shark * whale shark * white shark

Etymology 2

From the (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.

(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

(informal) A very good poker or pool player.

(sports, and, games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

Synonyms

* (player who feigns ineptitude to win money) hustler

Usage notes

* The use of the term by people unfamiliar with pool is rarely well perceived by experienced players.

Derived terms

(shark) * card shark * loan shark * pool shark * shark bait * sharklike * sharkskin

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

(obsolete) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

* Bishop Earle

Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.

(obsolete) To live by shifts and stratagems.

(Beaumont and Fletcher)

Derived terms

* shirk

Etymology 3

Perhaps from the noun, or perhaps related to shear.

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

* Shakespeare, Hamlet I.i.

Fortinbras Sharked up a list of lawless resolutes.

Anagrams

* *

References

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