Owl vs Vulture - What's the difference?
owl | vulture |
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.
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
(colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.
As nouns the difference between owl and vulture
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 vulture is any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.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
* lowvulture
English
(wikipedia vulture)Noun
(en noun)- Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.
