Bunting vs Ensign - What's the difference?
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Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
Flags considered as a group.
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza , having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
A badge of office, rank, or power.
* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
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A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
A prominent flag or banner.
* 1667 ?, (John Milton), (Paradise Lost)
(obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
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To distinguish by a mark or ornament
(heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
Bunting is a related term of ensign.
As proper nouns the difference between bunting and ensign
is that bunting is a botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist rh bunting (fl 1923) while ensign is .bunting
English
(wikipedia bunting)Etymology 1
Possibly from dialect , hence the material used for that purpose.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
(Emberiza)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* * corn bunting * indigo bunting * painted bunting * reed bunting * snow buntingEtymology 3
See buntVerb
(head)ensign
English
(wikipedia ensign)Noun
(en noun)- The ensigns of our power about we bear.
- Hang up your ensigns , let your drums be still.
- Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced.
Synonyms
(junior commissioned officer) * coronet (cavalry equivalent of the infantry ensign) * second lieutenant (OF-1), first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officerVerb
(en verb)- Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned .