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Owl vs Hummingbird - What's the difference?

owl | hummingbird |

As nouns the difference between owl and hummingbird

is that owl is 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 while hummingbird is any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

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)
  • 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.
    • 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 * * whoo

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variety of the domestic pigeon.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * low

    hummingbird

    English

    (wikipedia hummingbird)

    Alternative forms

    * humming bird, humming-bird

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
  • * 1857 Thoreau, Henry David , journal entry, May 29, 1857. From Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau'', Boston: Beacon Press, 1993, p238. (Originally published as the anthology ''Thoreau's bird-lore , Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910, edited by Francis H. Allen.)
    • Soon I hear the low all-pervading hum of an approaching hummingbird circling above the rock, [...]

    Related terms

    (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae) * trochilidine

    See also

    * snowcap