Eagle vs Buzzard - What's the difference?
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Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
(heraldiccharge) A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem, e.g. on a coat of arms.
(US, currency) A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
(golf) To score an eagle.
Any of several Old World birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.
In North America, a general term for scavenging birds such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus''), and the turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura ).
A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
* Goldsmith
As nouns the difference between eagle and buzzard
is that eagle is any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision while buzzard is any of several Old World birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.As a verb eagle
is to score an eagle.As a proper noun Eagle
is the landing unit of Apollo 11.eagle
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(en noun)Derived terms
(terms derived from the carnivorous bird) * American eagle * bald eagle * eagle-eye, eagle-eyed * eaglehawk * eagle owl * Eagle Scout * eaglestone * eaglet * fish eagle * golden eagle * Haast's eagle * Philippine eagle * (red-backed sea-eagle) * sea eagle * spread eagle * wedge-tailed eagle * (white-bellied sea eagle) * (white-breasted sea eagle) * white-tailed eagle * double eagle * half eagleSynonyms
* (Accipitridae) erne, broadwingVerb
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* (l) ----buzzard
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(wikipedia buzzard)Noun
(en noun)- It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard .