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Finch vs Filch - What's the difference?

finch | filch |

As a proper noun finch

is .

As a verb filch is

to steal, to illegally take possession of.

finch

English

(wikipedia finch)

Noun

(es)
  • Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

    • Derived terms

    * bullfinch * chaffinch * * * goldfinch * * greenfinch * hawfinch * * * * rosefinch * * *

    See also

    * brambling * canary * crossbill * redpoll * serin * siskin

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hunt for finches, to go finching.

    • filch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To steal, to illegally take possession of.
    • Hey! Someone filched my noggin.

    Synonyms

    * lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack * See also