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pigeon | hawk |

In lang=en terms the difference between pigeon and hawk

is that pigeon is to deceive with a confidence game while hawk is to sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

As nouns the difference between pigeon and hawk

is that pigeon is one of several birds of the family columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species while hawk is a diurnal predatory bird of the family accipitridae or hawk can be a plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard or hawk can be an effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.

As verbs the difference between pigeon and hawk

is that pigeon is to deceive with a confidence game while hawk is to hunt with a hawk or hawk can be to sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle or hawk can be (intransitive) to cough up something from one's throat.

pigeon

English

(wikipedia pigeon)

Alternative forms

* pidgeon (chiefly archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
  • (slang) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

    • Synonyms

    * (bird) columbid (Columbidae), columbiform (Columbiformes), culver, dove * (person who is a target or victim of a confidence game) dupe, fish, mark, mug, sucker, rube, stiff

    Derived terms

    * (Afep pigeon) (Columba unicincta ) * African owl pigeon () * (African green pigeon) (Treron calvus ) * (African olive pigeon) * (American pigeon) (Patagioenas ) * Arabian trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * archangel pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * baby pigeon * (band-tailed pigeon) (Patagioenas fasciata ) * barb pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Barbary pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (bare-eyed mountain pigeon) * (bare-eyed pigeon) * (Beretta silver pigeon) * (Bismarck imperial pigeon) * (black imperial pigeon) * Bokhara trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (vern, Bolle's pigeon) (Columba bollii ) * (Bresse pigeon) * (flock bronzewing pigeon) (Phaps histrionica''), (flock bronzewing) (''Phaps histrionica ) * (brown pigeon) (Macropygia phasianella ) * carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * carneau pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Chilean pigeon) (Patagioenas araucana ) * Chinese owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * city pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * clay pigeon * cock pigeon * color pigeon, colour pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Comoros green pigeon) () * crescent pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (crested pigeon) (Ocyphaps lophotes ) * crop pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * cropper pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * crowned pigeon (Goura ) * (vern, Delegorgue's pigeon) (Columba delegorguei ) * domestic pigeon, (Columba livia domestica''), Domestic Pigeon ('' ) * dovecot pigeon, dovecote pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Dresden trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Eastern bronze-naped pigeon) (Columba delegorguei ) * English trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * English owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fancy pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * female pigeon * feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * field pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fire pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (flock pigeon) (Phaps histrionica ) * form pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * frillback pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fruit pigeon, (fruit-pigeon) * future pigeon * gimpel pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * green pigeon (Treron ) * helmet pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * hen pigeon * highflyer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (hill pigeon) (Columba rupestris ) * homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * homing pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * ice pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (imperial pigeon) (Ducula ) * Indian fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * jacobin pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * John Silver (war pigeon) * king pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Komorner tumbler pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Madagascar green pigeon), (Madagascan green pigeon) (Treron australis ) * (Micronesian imperial pigeon) (Ducula oceanica ) * (Micronesian pigeon) (Ducula oceanica ) * Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon * (Moluccan rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula basilica ) * Lahore pigeon (Columba livia domestica''), Lahore pigeon (''Columba livia domestica ) * (laurel pigeon) (Columba junoniae ) * male pigeon * (New Guinea bronzewing) (Henicophaps albifrons''), New Guinea Bronzewing Pigeon (''Henicophaps albifrons ) * nun pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Old English carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * oriental frill pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (pale-vented pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis ) * passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius ) * peak-crested pigeon * pheasant pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (pheasant pigeon) (Otidiphaps nobilis ) * (Picazuro pigeon) (Patagioenas picazuro ) * pigeon band * pigeon banding * pigeon blue * pigeon breast * pigeon-breasted * pigeon breed * pigeon breeder * pigeon breeding * pigeon bug * pigeon-chested * pigeon clock * pigeon cot * pigeon cote * pigeon crop * pigeon defence * pigeon defense * pigeon dirt * pigeon disease * pigeon drop * pigeon droppings * pigeon egg * pigeon English (archaic) * pigeon fancier, pigeon-fancier * pigeon fancy * pigeon fancying * pigeon feather * pigeon feed * pigeon feeder * pigeon feeding * pigeon flute * pigeon guillemot * (pigeon hawk) (Falco columbarius ) * pigeon house * pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, pigeon hole * pigeonholing, pigeon-holing * pigeon hunt * pigeon hunter * pigeon hunting * pigeon journal * pigeon keeper * pigeon keeping * pigeon loft * pigeon lung * pigeon magazine * pigeon milk * pigeon's milk * pigeon pair * pigeon pie * pigeon plumage * pigeon post * pigeon shoot * pigeon squab * pigeon racer * pigeon racing * pigeon ring * pigeon whistle * pigeon wing * pigeon young * (pink pigeon) (), formerly (Nesoenas mayeri ) * plain-headed pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (plain pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata ) * (plumbeous pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata ) * (pouter pigeon), (powter pigeon) (Columba livia ) * put the cat among the pigeons * racing homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * racing pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * ringbeater pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * rock pigeon (Columba livia ) * roller pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (ruddy pigeon) (Patagioenas subvinacea ) * (rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula rufigaster ) * (rufous pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis ) * runt pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Saxon field pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * scandaroon pigeon (Columba livia domestica''), Scandaroon pigeon (''Columba livia domestica ) * shell-crested pigeon * silver pigeon * Silver pigeon * silvery pigeon * snow pigeon * Somali pigeon * (somber pigeon), (sombre pigeon) (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa ) * stock pigeon (Columba oenas ) * stool pigeon * (strasser pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (structure pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (Sumatran green pigeon) * (vern, Temminck's fruit pigeon) (Ptilinopus porphyreus ) * (Thuringian field pigeon) (Columba livia ) * topknot pigeon * (Torres Strait pigeon) (Ducula bicolor ) * (Trocaz pigeon) * trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia ) * (tumbler pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (turbit pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (turbiteen pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (Victoria crowned pigeon), (Goura victoria ) * war pigeon * (wattle pigeon), (wattled pigeon) (Columba livia ) * white-collared pigeon * (white-crowned pigeon) (Patagioenas leucocephala ) * wild pigeon * (wild pigeon) (Ectopistes migratorius ) * (Wompoo pigeon) (Ptilinopus magnificus ) * (Wonga pigeon) (Leucosarcia melanoleuca ) * woodpigeon, wood-pigeon, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus'' or Homiphaga Novaeseelandiae ) * young pigeon

    See also

    * piper * squab * squeaker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to deceive with a confidence game
    • ----

    hawk

    English

    (wikipedia hawk)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) hauk, from (etyl) hafoc, from (etyl) 'falcon', (etyl) kobuz 'Eurasian Hobby').

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae .
    • It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
  • (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions; a warmonger.
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 106:
    • A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.
    Antonyms
    * (politics) dove
    Derived terms
    * African harrier hawk * aspere-hawk * ball hawk * bay-winged hawk * bee hawk * between hawk and buzzard * bicoloured hawk * black hawk * broad-winged hawk * brown hawk * chicken hawk, chicken-hawk, chickenhawk * common black hawk * Cooper's hawk * deficit hawk * dor-hawk, dorhawk, dorrhawk * dove hawk * duck hawk, duck-hawk * eagle hawk, eagle-hawk, eaglehawk * ferruginous hawk * fish hawk, fish-hawk, fishhawk * * game hawk * gnat hawk, gnat-hawk * gray hawk, grey hawk * gray-lined hawk, grey-lined hawk * great black hawk * great-footed hawk * Gundlach's hawk * Harlan's hawk * harrier hawk * Harris hawk, Harris's hawk * have eyes like a hawk * Hawaiian hawk * hawk-beaked * hawk-bell * hawkbill * hawk-cuckoo * hawk-dove game * hawk eagle * hawked * hawker * hawkery * hawk-eye * hawk-eyed * hawkfish * hawk fly, hawk-fly * hawk-headed parrot * hawkish * hawk-kite * hawk-like, hawklike * hawk moth, hawk-moth, hawkmoth * hawk nose, hawk-nose, hawknose * hawk-nosed * hawk-nut, hawknut * hawk of the fist * hawk of the lure * hawk of the soar * hawk owl, hawk-owl * hawk-parrot * hawk's beard, hawk's-beard, hawksbeard * hawk's bell * hawk's bill, hawk's-bill, hawksbill * hawk's-bill turtle, hawksbill turtle * hawk's eye, hawk's-eye * hawk's-feet, hawk's-foot * hawk's meat * hawk swallow, hawk-swallow * hawkweed * hawkwise * hawky * hen hawk, hen-hawk * hobby hawk * hover-hawk * jack-hawk * jashawk * Jayhawk * kitchen hawk * know a hawk from a handsaw * Krider's hawk * lark-hawk * liberal hawk * long-tailed hawk * Lucifer hawk * make-hawk * man-of-war hawk * mangrove black hawk * mar-hawk * market-hawk * marsh hawk * meadowhawk * moor hawk * mosquito hawk * moth-hawk * mountain hawk * mouse hawk, mouse-hawk * news-hawk, newshawk * night hawk, night-hawk * pap-hawk * partridge-hawk * passage hawk * peregrine hawk * pigeon hawk, pigeon-hawk * plain-breasted hawk * pondhawk * prairie hawk * quail hawk * red-shouldered hawk * red-tailed hawk * Ridgway's hawk * ringtail hawk * rough-legged hawk * rufous-thighed hawk * savanna hawk * screech hawk, screech-hawk * sea hawk, sea-hawk * semicollared hawk * sharp-shinned hawk * shite-hawk * short-tailed hawk * shower hawk * skeeter hawk * small-bird-hawk * snake hawk * snipe hawk * spar-hawk, sparhawk * sparrow hawk, sparrow-hawk, sparrowhawk * squirrel hawk * stand hawk * stannel hawk * star-hawk * stone hawk * Swainson's hawk * swallow-tailed hawk * tarantula hawk * tiny hawk * vanner hawk * war hawk, war-hawk * watch (someone or something) like a hawk * whistling hawk * white-breasted hawk * white-throated hawk * white hawk * zone-tailed hawk
    Related terms
    * creshawk * goshawk * sparhawk

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hunt with a hawk.
  • * 2003 , Brenda Joyce, House of Dreams , page 175:
    • He rode astride while (hawking); she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.
  • To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
    • to hawk at flies
    (Dryden)
  • * Shakespeare
    • A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
    Derived terms
    * hawk after * hawk at * hawk for * hawking

    Etymology 2

    Uncertain origin; perhaps from (etyl) , or from a variant use of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
    • Synonyms
    * mortarboard
    Derived terms
    * hawk boy, hawk-boy

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
    • The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • His works were hawked in every street.
    Derived terms
    * hawked * hawking * hawky
    Related terms
    * hawker

    Etymology 4

    Onomatopoeia.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
    • Synonyms
    * (noun)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To cough up something from one's throat.
  • * 1751 , , I. xvi. 117
    • He hawked up, with incredible straining, the interjection ah!
  • * 1953 , , Viking Press, chapter 3:
    • He had a new tough manner of pulling down breath and hawking into the street.
  • (intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
    • Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
    Derived terms
    * (noun)

    See also

    * Hawkshaw, hawkshaw * Hawkubite * winkle-hawk English onomatopoeias