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Buzzard vs Fowl - What's the difference?

buzzard | fowl |

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between buzzard and fowl

is that buzzard is (archaic) a blockhead; a dunce while fowl is (archaic) a bird.

As nouns the difference between buzzard and fowl

is that buzzard is any of several old world birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail while fowl is (archaic) a bird.

As a verb fowl is

to hunt fowl.

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 (-)

    fowl

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fowl) (en-noun)
  • (archaic) A bird.
  • * :
    • And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appiered afore me / So thus he sorowed til hit was day / & herd the fowles synge / thenne somwhat he was comforted
  • A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.
  • Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hunt fowl.
    • We took our guns and went fowling .

    Anagrams

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