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Bunting vs Finch - What's the difference?

bunting | finch |

As proper nouns the difference between bunting and finch

is that bunting is a botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist rh bunting (fl 1923) while finch is .

bunting

English

(wikipedia bunting)

Etymology 1

Possibly from dialect , hence the material used for that purpose.

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Etymology 2

    (Emberiza)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza , having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
    • Derived terms
    * * corn bunting * indigo bunting * painted bunting * reed bunting * snow bunting

    Etymology 3

    See bunt

    Verb

    (head)

    • finch

    English

    (wikipedia finch)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

    • Derived terms

    * bullfinch * chaffinch * * * goldfinch * * greenfinch * hawfinch * * * * rosefinch * * *

    See also

    * brambling * canary * crossbill * redpoll * serin * siskin

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hunt for finches, to go finching.