Lark vs Hark - What's the difference?
lark | hark |
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.
To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
* 1739 , “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, (Charles Wesley) and (George Whitefield):
* 1906: ,
* 1959: , A Christmas Carol
As a proper noun lark
is , from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.As a verb hark is
to listen attentively; often used in the imperative.lark
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* (l), (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) larke, laverke, from (etyl) ), of unknown ultimate origin with no known cognates outside of Germanic.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (one who wakes early) early bird, early riserHyponyms
* woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelarkExternal 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 .Synonyms
* whim, especially in phrase on a whimDerived terms
* on a larkReferences
* *Anagrams
*hark
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* (l) (obsolete)Verb
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- Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking .
- "Hark ! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"