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What is the difference between philomel and nightingale?

philomel | nightingale |

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)
  • (poetic) The nightingale.
  • * Shakespeare, Sonnet CII
  • As Philomel in summer's front doth sing.
  • * Anne Finch, A Nocturnal Reverie
  • And lonely Philomel , still waking, sings.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh, The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
  • And Philomel becometh dumb.

    nightingale

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos , of the family Muscicapidae.
  • Synonyms

    * philomel

    See also

    * thrush nightingale