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Canary vs Warbler - What's the difference?

canary | warbler |

As nouns the difference between canary and warbler

is that canary is a small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands while warbler is any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

As an adjective canary

is of a light yellow colour.

As a verb canary

is to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance.

canary

English

(wikipedia canary)

Noun

(canaries)
  • A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus ), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
  • Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
  • A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
  • A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
  • * 1599 , , III. ii. 80:
    • I will to my honest knight / Falstaff, and drink canary with him.
  • A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries ).
  • * 1598 , , II. i. 74:
    • and make you dance canary / With sprightly fire and motion;
  • Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
  • (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
  • (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
  • (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
  • (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Warning About Speed Traps , group=alt.folklore.urban , author=Jacco Zwetsloot , date=September 12 , year=1993 , passage=The tendency in these types of situations (as far as I can see) is that because I don't think the act itself is illegal, the police will go through your vehicle systematically loking for anything wrong with it, to slap a canary on it (that's slang for an unroadworthy sticker) or present you with some other fine. citation
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    • , title=Noisy Bikes (Update) , group=aus.motorcycles , author=Garry Lawson , date=January 16 , year=1999 , passage=Yes, if the exhaust is to noisey(sic) they can slap a yellow canary on it, but the[n] who cares you got rid of it. citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Spare tyres , group=aus.cars , author=Noddy , date=February 14 , year=2003 , passage=You don't have to carry a spare wheel for a car to be roadworthy, and if you *do* carry one, it doesn't have to be in a roadworthy condition *unless* you fit it [to] the car and drive on it.
    If it's not and you get pinched, expect a canary ... citation

    Hyponyms

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    Derived terms

    * canary in a coal mine * warrant canary

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a light yellow colour.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)
  • * 1590 , , III. i. 11:
    • but to jig off a tune at / the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet,
  • (slang) to inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.

    • Derived terms

    * bush canary * canary creeper * canary grass * canary in a coal mine * canary yellow

    Related terms

    * serin * yellowhead

    See also

    *

    warbler

    English

    (wikipedia warbler)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
  • One who warbles.
  • * Tickell
    • In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.
  • (UK, slang) A hissy fit.

    • Derived terms

    * * black and white warbler * * * * * * * * * * * * MacGillivray's warbler * * * * prothonotary warbler * * * * yellow warbler

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns