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Eagle vs Osprey - What's the difference?

eagle | osprey |

As a proper noun eagle

is the landing unit of apollo 11 or eagle can be a city in alaska.

As a noun osprey is

a bird of prey (pandion haliaetus ) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

eagle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • 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 eagle

    Synonyms

    * (Accipitridae) erne, broadwing

    Verb

  • (golf) To score an eagle.

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    osprey

    English

    (wikipedia osprey) (Pandion haliaetus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus ) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
  • * 1594', I will provide thee of a princely '''osprey . — Peele, ''Battle of Alcazar
  • * c.'' 1612-13''': But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as '''ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. — Shakespeare, Fletcher, ''Two Noble Kinsmen
  • aigrette (ornamental feather)

    • Synonyms

    * fish eagle (a misnomer as the osprey is not an eagle, but compare some of the translations below ) * fish hawk (a misnomer as the osprey is not a hawk) * orfray * ossifrage (from Latin "bone-breaker" ) * osspringer (obsolete)