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Blackcap vs Whitecap - What's the difference?

blackcap | whitecap |

As nouns the difference between blackcap and whitecap

is that blackcap is a small Old World warbler, species: Sylvia atricapilla, which is mainly grey with a black crown while whitecap is any of several birds having a white patch on the head.

blackcap

English

(wikipedia blackcap)

Noun

(blackcaps)
  • A small Old World warbler, , which is mainly grey with a black crown.
  • Whitebark raspberry ().
  • An American tit (); the chickadee.
  • (archaic, cookery) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
    • (Webster 1913)

    whitecap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • any of several birds having a white patch on the head
  • a wave having a white crest; a breaker