Egret vs Bittern - What's the difference?
egret | bittern |
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta'' or ''Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
(botany) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
(obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis )
The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
(archaic) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
As nouns the difference between egret and bittern
is that egret is any of various wading birds of the genera egretta'' or ''ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season while bittern is several bird species in the botaurinae subfamily of the heron family ardeidae or bittern can be the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).egret
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(wikipedia egret)Noun
(en noun)See also
* heronAnagrams
*bittern
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Etymology 1
(etyl) butor, from .Derived terms
* , Zonerodius heliosylus * , Botaurus stellaris * , Botaurus poiciloptilus * American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus * , Botaurus pinnatus * , Ixobrychus involucris * , Ixobrychus exilis * little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus * * , Ixobrychus sinensis * , Ixobrychus eurhythmus * , Ixobrychus cinnamomeus * , Ixobrychus sturmii * , Dupetor flavicollisSee also
* ("bittern" on Wikipedia) * * * bumbleEtymology 2
From bitter with an unclear suffix, perhaps a dialect form of .Noun
(-)- (Cooley)