Owl vs Cowl - What's the difference?
owl | cowl |
Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
A monk's hood or hooded robe
* Alexander Pope
A mask that covers the majority of the head.
A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling
A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
(nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below
(nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge
(obsolete, British) A soe
As nouns the difference between owl and cowl
is that owl is (computing) while cowl is a monk's hood or hooded robe.owl
English
(wikipedia owl)Etymology 1
From (etyl) owle, from (etyl) ‘to wail, howl’, Avestan (term) ‘to call out’)Rick Derksen, ''Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon'', s.vv. “v?pìti”, “vyp?” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), pp. 532:535..Vladimir Orel, ''A Handbook of Germanic Etymology , s.vv. “*uwwal?n”, “*uww?”, “*?faz ~ *?f?” (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 436.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* barn owl * eagle owl * elf owl * great horned owl * little owl * long eared owl * night owl * owl bus * owl-butterfly * owl-faced monkey * * owlglass * owling * owlish * owl jug * owl-light * owl-moth * owl-swallow * owl train * owly * powerful owl * rufous owl * screech owl * sea-owl * stuffed owl * tawny owl *References
See also
* hoo * hoot * * whooEtymology 2
Anagrams
* lowcowl
English
(wikipedia cowl)Noun
(en noun)- What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl ?