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Conspicuous vs Thunderbird - What's the difference?

conspicuous | thunderbird |

As an adjective conspicuous

is obvious or easy to notice.

As a noun thunderbird is

(mythology) a mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous north american mythologies.

conspicuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Obvious or easy to notice.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=7 citation , passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
    He was conspicuous by his absence.
  • Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
  • * 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
    • For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
    He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.

    Antonyms

    * inconspicuous

    Related terms

    * conspicuity * conspicuousness

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    thunderbird

    English

    (wikipedia thunderbird)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mythology) A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
  • * 1999 , Andrew George, translating Gilgamesh , VII:
    • A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening.
  • An Australian insectivorous songbird (), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast.