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Lark vs Finch - What's the difference?

lark | finch |

As nouns the difference between lark and finch

is that lark is any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae while finch is any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

As verbs the difference between lark and finch

is that lark is to catch larks while finch is to hunt for finches, to go finching.

As proper nouns the difference between lark and finch

is that lark is {{surname|from=nicknames}}, from {{term|lark|lang=en}} as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks while Finch is {{surname}.

lark

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) larke, laverke, from (etyl) ), of unknown ultimate origin with no known cognates outside of Germanic.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae .
  • Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
  • One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who wakes early) early bird, early riser
    Hyponyms
    * woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark
    Related terms
    * happy as a lark * lark bunting * larker * lark sparrow * larkspur, plant * skylark, the bird

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To catch larks.
    • to go larking

    External links

    * (lark) * (Alaudidae) * (Alaudidae)

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain, either * from a northern English dialectal term (lake)/), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or * a shortening of (skylark) (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A romp, frolic, some fun.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • A prank.
    • Synonyms
    * whim, especially in phrase on a whim
    Derived terms
    * on a lark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
  • To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

    • References

    * *

    Anagrams

    *

    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.