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Rooster vs Roosted - What's the difference?

rooster | roosted |

As a noun rooster

is a male of any species of gallinaceous bird. Typically refers to the domestic chicken, species: Gallus gallus domesticus.

As a verb roosted is

past tense of roost.

rooster

English

(wikipedia rooster)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A male of any species of gallinaceous bird. Typically refers to the domestic chicken, .

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * roosterly * roosterness * roostertail

    See also

    * chicken * cock-a-doodle-doo * cockerel * hen

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) ----

    roosted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (roost)

    • roost

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
  • * Dryden
    • He clapped his wings upon his roost .
  • A group of birds roosting together.
    • Derived terms
    * rule the roost

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of birds) sleep.
  • to come back home

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Shetland, and, Orkney) A tidal race.

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • Anagrams

    * ----