Robin vs Robert - What's the difference?
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Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
# A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
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, passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
# An American robin; Turdus migratorius .
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Robert is a related term of robin.
In _ compared to given name lang=en terms the difference between robin and robert
is that robin is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names} while robert is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names}.As proper nouns the difference between robin and robert
is that robin is a given name derived from Germanic while Robert is a given name derived from Germanic.As a noun robin
is various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly family: Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast.robin
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Usage notes
The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.Synonyms
* (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast * (the European robin)Derived terms
* robin redbreast * round-robinExternal links
* (Erithacus rubecula) * (Turdus migratorius) * (Erithacus rubecula) * (Turdus migratorius) ----robert
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- My brother Robert'? Old Sir ' Robert' s son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
- I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert' Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the '''Robert''' came from me because I liked the sound. '''Robert''' was formal, dignified, important. ' Robert . And that was nearly as nice as as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.