Loon vs Zoon - What's the difference?
loon | zoon |
idler, lout
(chiefly, Scotland, Ulster) boy, lad
(chiefly, Scotland) harlot; mistress
(chiefly, Scotland) simpleton
(slang) crazy or deranged person
(Ireland) English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes , of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
(biology):
# An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
# Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
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As nouns the difference between loon and zoon
is that loon is idler, lout while zoön is an alternative spelling of lang=en.loon
English
(wikipedia loon)Etymology 1
From (etyl) loun. Folk etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic; see loony.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (crazy person ): lunatic, psycho, wackoSee also
* looney, loony, loonieEtymology 2
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to (etyl) , compare (lament).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* diverDerived terms
* Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica) * great northern loon, common loon, (Gavia immer) * Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) * Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) * Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) * loonieReferences
* ----zoon
English
Alternative forms
*Noun
(en-noun)Quotations
* 1864 , (Herbert Spencer), (Principles of Biology) ,page 205, §?73 (1868 reprint; D. Appleton & Co.) *: [… A] zoological individual is constituted either by any such single animal as a mammal or bird, which may properly claim the title of a zoon'' , or by any such group of animals as the numerous ''Medusæ'' that have been developed from the same egg, which are to be severally distinguished as ''zooids .