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Finch vs Oriel - What's the difference?

finch | oriel |

As a proper noun finch

is .

As a noun oriel is

(architecture) a large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window.

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.

    • oriel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window.
  • * Tennyson
    • The beams that thro' the oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass.
  • (obsolete) A gallery for minstrels.
  • (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.

    • Usage notes

    * There is no generally accepted difference between a bay window and an oriel. In the United States, the latter name is often applied to bay windows which are small, and either polygonal or round, and to those that are corbelled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground.

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