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Mocking vs Catbird - What's the difference?

mocking | catbird |

As nouns the difference between mocking and catbird

is that mocking is action of the verb to mock while catbird is either of two species of american mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird,.

As a verb mocking

is .

As an adjective mocking

is derisive or contemptuous.

mocking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to mock

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • derisive or contemptuous
  • teasing or taunting

    • Derived terms

    * mockingbird * mocking thrush * mocking wren

    catbird

    English

    (wikipedia catbird)

    Alternative forms

    *cat bird

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, .
  • * 1832 , Sharon Turner, The Sacred History of the World :
    • The catbird ’s note exactly resembles the voice of a kitten, that a stranger to it would instantly conclude that such an animal "had got bewildered in the branches".
  • * 1967 , (William Styron), (The Confessions of Nat Turner) , Vintage 2004, p. 200:
    • I recall a catbird high in the water oak above, swinging like a rag amid the branches, jabbering and screeching [...].
  • Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and .
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 185:
  • *:The cat bird had a forlorn cry, like a whimpering child or the animal it is named for.
  • A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, .

    • See also

    * (Ailuroedus)