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Crest vs Rupicola - What's the difference?

crest | rupicola |

As nouns the difference between crest and rupicola

is that crest is a tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc while rupicola is any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus Rupicola, having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head.

As a verb crest

is particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.

crest

English

(wikipedia crest)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
  • The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
  • (heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
  • The upper curve of a horse's neck.
  • The ridge or top of a wave.
  • The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
  • The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
  • The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
  • The top line of a slope or embankment.
  • A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
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    Synonyms

    * (skin on head of birds) comb, cockscomb

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
  • To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.
  • * Wordsworth
    • groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow
  • To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
  • * Spenser
    • Like as the shining sky in summer's night, / Is crested with lines of fiery light.

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    rupicola

    English

    (wikipedia rupicola) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus Rupicola , having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head
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