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Eagle vs Patriot - What's the difference?

eagle | patriot |

As proper nouns the difference between eagle and patriot

is that eagle is the landing unit of apollo 11 or eagle can be a city in alaska while patriot is a us surface-to-air missile system.

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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    patriot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
    • Such tears as patriots shed for dying laws.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1901 , title = The Defendant , first = G. K. , last = Chesterton , authorlink = G. K. Chesterton , page = 166 , passage = “My country, right or wrong”, is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, “My mother, drunk or sober”. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1953 , chapter = Purely Personal Prejudices , title = Strictly Personal , first = Sydney J. , last = Harris , authorlink = Sydney J. Harris , publisher = Regnery , page = 228 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA228&dq=patriot , passage = The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war. }}
  • * 2013 , Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/gibraltar-falklands-deny-logic-history]
    • Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots . Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.
  • (archaic) A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
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    • Derived terms

    * patriotic * patriotism * Patriot missile * patriotization

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