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Plumage vs Pillage - What's the difference?

plumage | pillage |

As nouns the difference between plumage and pillage

is that plumage is feathers, either covering a bird or used ornamentally while pillage is the spoils of war.

As a verb pillage is

(ambitransitive) to loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

plumage

English

Noun

  • Feathers, either covering a bird or used ornamentally
  • * 1969 , )
    • [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage !
    [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
  • Finery or elaborate dress.

    • Related terms

    * plumate * plumelet

    pillage

    English

    Verb

    (pillag)
  • (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
  • * 1911 , ,
    • Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The spoils of war.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
  • The act of pillaging.

    • Noun

    (m)
  • looting

    • Related terms

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