What is the difference between nondescript and sparrow?
nondescript | sparrow |
Not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified.
* 1851 ,
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics; unexceptional.
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 ,
* 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
As nouns the difference between nondescript and sparrow
is that nondescript is an undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing while sparrow is the house sparrow, passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.As a adjective nondescript
is not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified.nondescript
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts.
- He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
Anagrams
*sparrow
English
(wikipedia sparrow)Noun
(en noun)Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon, BBC
- Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
- I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .
