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Passager vs Passenger - What's the difference?

passager | passenger |

In falconry terms the difference between passager and passenger

is that passager is a bird in its first year while passenger is a young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.

As a verb passenger is

to ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

passager

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (falconry) A bird in its first year
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    passenger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
  • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme
  • (label) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
  • (label) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
  • *1599 , (William Shakespeare), , V. iv. 15:
  • *:These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
  • See also

    * driver * rider