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Nightingale vs Sparrow - What's the difference?

nightingale | sparrow |

As nouns the difference between nightingale and sparrow

is that nightingale is a European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae while sparrow is the house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

As a proper noun Sparrow is

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nightingale

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos , of the family Muscicapidae.

    • Synonyms

    * philomel

    See also

    * thrush nightingale

    sparrow

    English

    (wikipedia sparrow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The house sparrow, Passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
  • A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
  • A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
  • Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
  • (UK, chiefly, London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow .
  • * 2005 , Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon , BBC
    • Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
  • * 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
    • I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .

    Derived terms

    * sparrowhawk * house sparrow * (tree sparrow)

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * spadger, sparra, spuggy