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Fowl vs Vulture - What's the difference?

fowl | vulture |

As nouns the difference between fowl and vulture

is that fowl is (archaic) a bird while vulture is any of several carrion-eating birds of the families accipitridae and cathartidae.

As a verb fowl

is to hunt fowl.

fowl

English

Noun

(wikipedia fowl) (en-noun)
  • (archaic) A bird.
  • * :
    • And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appiered afore me / So thus he sorowed til hit was day / & herd the fowles synge / thenne somwhat he was comforted
  • A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.
  • Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hunt fowl.
    • We took our guns and went fowling .

    Anagrams

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    References

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    vulture

    English

    (wikipedia vulture)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
  • (colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.
    • Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

    Synonyms

    * (a person profits from the suffering of others) vampire, ambulance chaser

    Derived terms

    * griffon vulture * turkey vulture