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Egret vs Crane - What's the difference?

egret | crane |

Crane is a coordinate term of egret.



As nouns the difference between egret and crane

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 crane is a large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.

As a verb crane is

to extend (one's neck).

As a proper noun Crane is

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egret

English

(wikipedia egret)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 )

    • See also

    * heron

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    crane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large bird of the order Gruiformes'' and the family ''Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
  • A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
  • An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
  • A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
  • (nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

    • Derived terms

    * black crowned crane * black-necked crane * blue crane * common crane * cranefly * demoiselle crane * grey crowned crane * hooded crane * red-crowned crane * sandhill crane * sarus crane * Siberian crane * wattled crane * white-naped crane * whooping crane

    Related terms

    * (l), via Low German

    See also

    * egret * heron * stork

    Verb

    (cran)
  • To extend (one's neck).
    • (George Eliot)
  • To raise or lower with, or as if with, a .
  • * Bates
    • What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.
  • * Massinger
    • an upstart craned up to the height he has

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