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Cuckoo vs Nightingale - What's the difference?

cuckoo | nightingale |

As nouns the difference between cuckoo and nightingale

is that cuckoo is any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the pedia=1, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call while nightingale is a European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.

As an adjective cuckoo

is crazy; not sane.

As a verb cuckoo

is to make the call of a cuckoo.

cuckoo

English

(wikipedia cuckoo)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Crazy; not sane.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the , Cuculus canorus , that has a characteristic two-note call.
  • The sound of that particular bird.
  • The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
  • Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest ).
  • Someone who is crazy.

    • Related terms

    * cuckoo clock * cuckoo dove * * cuckoo's egg * cloud-cuckoo-land * cuculine (rare) * cuckoo sign

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make the call of a cuckoo
  • To repeat something incessantly

    • nightingale

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos , of the family Muscicapidae.

    • Synonyms

    * philomel

    See also

    * thrush nightingale