Blizzard vs Buzzard - What's the difference?

blizzard | buzzard |


As nouns the difference between blizzard and buzzard

is that blizzard is a severe snowstorm, especially with strong winds and greatly reduced visibility while buzzard is any of several old world birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.

As a verb blizzard

is (impersonal|of snow) to fall in windy conditions.

blizzard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A severe snowstorm, especially with strong winds and greatly reduced visibility.
  • (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.
  • (figuratively) A large number of similar things.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal, of snow) To fall in windy conditions

    • Coordinate terms

    * flurry

    buzzard

    English

    (wikipedia buzzard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several Old World birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.
  • In North America, a general term for scavenging birds such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus''), and the turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura ).
  • A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
  • (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
  • * Goldsmith
    • It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard .

    Derived terms

    * augur buzzard, Buteo augur * common buzzard, Buteo buteo * eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus * forest buzzard, Buteo trizonatus * grasshopper buzzard, Butastur rufipennis * grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus * jackal buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus * lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus * long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus * Madagascar buzzard, Buteo brachypterus * mountain buzzard, Buteo oreophilus * red-necked buzzard, Buteo auguralis * rufous-winged buzzard, Butastur liventer * upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius * white-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa

    Synonyms

    * buteo * broadwing * turkey vulture * vulture (-)