Cowling vs Owling - What's the difference?
cowling | owling |
A young or little cow; calf.
*2003 , David Gilet, The Yellow Dot Plague and Other Tales :
A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle etc
(label) the smuggling of sheep or wool out of England
Birding, specifically for owls.
A small, juvenile, or baby owl; owlet.
* 1940 , Canadian Forestry Association, Forest and outdoors - Volume 36 - Page 344 :
* 1985 , Romanian review - Volume 39, Issues 6-12 - Page 22:
* 1994 , Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants, Different drummer magazine - Volume 1, Issue 1 - Page 22 :
As nouns the difference between cowling and owling
is that cowling is a young or little cow; calf while owling is the smuggling of sheep or wool out of England.cowling
English
Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- She nuzzled between the legs—a bull calf. She continued to nuzzle and clean the little pea-green body that was blue with white patches about his cowling parts.
Etymology 2
From .Noun
(wikipedia cowling) (en noun)owling
English
Etymology 1
From .Noun
(wikipedia owling) (-)Etymology 2
From .Noun
(en noun)- Owls are extra hungry then, there being a batch of Greatlings or Hornlings or Owlings or whatever Great Horned Owl babies are called sitting on the edge of a nest waiting on Pa and Ma Owl to bring home the bacon.
- [...] a true graveyard of objects in the middle of which proudly stood a yellow hackney carriage, its seats eaten by mice and scratched by the hens lying their eggs clandestinely among their broken springs. Tens of bird nests were hanging under the caves, some of them broken and deserted, some new, with featherless nestlings chirping their heads off. Eumeus, who was sitting on the stairs, pointed to the roof of the stable. Perched on its top, huddled together, three owlings were ogling them.
- But the spotted owl isn't at the top of the food chain. Instead, the larger great horned owl will eat spotted owls, owlings , or eggs whenever it can.