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Birdie vs Shuttlecock - What's the difference?

birdie | shuttlecock |

Shuttlecock is a synonym of birdie.



In lang=en terms the difference between birdie and shuttlecock

is that birdie is the completion of a hole one stroke below par while shuttlecock is the game of badminton.

In badminton terms the difference between birdie and shuttlecock

is that birdie is a shuttlecock while shuttlecock is a lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.

As nouns the difference between birdie and shuttlecock

is that birdie is a bird; a birdling while shuttlecock is a lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.

As verbs the difference between birdie and shuttlecock

is that birdie is to score a birdie while shuttlecock is to move rapidly back and forth.

birdie

English

Noun

(s)
  • (diminutive) A bird; a birdling.
    • Aw, that's a cute little birdie . Is it a budgie?
  • (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
    • He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
  • (badminton) A shuttlecock.
  • (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
  • A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
  • A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

    • Synonyms

    * (diminutive for bird)

    Related terms

    * watch the birdie

    See also

    * (golf) albatross, bogey, double bogey, eagle

    Verb

    (d)
  • (golf) To score a birdie.
    • Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
  • (golf) To score a birdie.
    • Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shuttlecock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (badminton) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1851 , first = Herman , last = Melville , authorlink = Herman Melville , title = , section = , passage = In a severe gale like this, while the ship is but a tossed shuttlecock to the blast, it is by no means uncommon to see the needles in the compasses, at intervals, go round and round. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1859 , first = Ebenezer , last = Landells , title = The Boy's Own Toy-maker , page = 122 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=2EMCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA130&dq=shuttlecock , passage = The practice of the game in this country is to keep the shuttlecock in the air by striking it from one person to another. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1897 , first = Henry , last = James , authorlink = Henry James , title = , section = , passage = Crudely as they had calculated they were at first justified by the event: she was the little feathered shuttlecock they could fiercely keep flying between them. }}
  • *
  • (dated) The game of badminton.
  • * 1830 , Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Bertha's visit to her uncle in England (volume 3, page 105)
    • Two people stand at opposite ends of the room, as in playing shuttlecock

    Synonyms

    * (lightweight object used in badminton) birdie

    Related terms

    * battledore and shuttlecock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move rapidly back and forth
  • To send or toss back and forth; to bandy
    • to shuttlecock words
    (Thackeray)

    External links

    * ("shuttlecock" on Wikipedia)