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Junco vs Bunco - What's the difference?

junco | bunco |

As nouns the difference between junco and bunco

is that junco is any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finch while bunco is a swindle or confidence trick.

As a verb bunco is

to swindle (someone).

junco

English

(wikipedia junco)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any bird of the genus (l) , which includes several species of North American finch.

    • Synonyms

    * snowbird * blue snowbird

    bunco

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bunko

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
  • A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.

    • Derived terms

    * bunco squad * bunco-steerer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1910
    • , year_published=2012 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Erwin Rosen , title=In the Legion , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=They felt very sorry (so they said) for the poor old eleventh company having been buncoed into taking such an awful pack of useless recruits. }}