What is the difference between philomel and nightingale?
philomel | nightingale |
(poetic) The nightingale.
* Shakespeare, Sonnet CII
* Anne Finch, A Nocturnal Reverie
* Sir Walter Raleigh, The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Nightingale is a synonym of philomel.
As nouns the difference between philomel and nightingale
is that philomel is the nightingale while nightingale is a European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.philomel
English
Noun
(en noun)- As Philomel in summer's front doth sing.
- And lonely Philomel , still waking, sings.
- And Philomel becometh dumb.