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Seahawk vs Chickenhawk - What's the difference?

seahawk | chickenhawk |

As nouns the difference between seahawk and chickenhawk

is that seahawk is a rapacious gull-like bird of the genus stercorarius while chickenhawk is a political epithet a draft-dodger, especially in the vietnam war, who nonetheless currently supports united states overseas military engagements.

seahawk

English

(wikipedia seahawk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius .
  • An osprey, Pandion haliaetus .

    • Synonyms

    * (gull-like bird) , jaeger, jager; skua

    chickenhawk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A political epithet. A draft-dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements.
  • A common name for one of three species of bird – the Cooper's hawk, the sharp-shinned hawk and the red-tailed hawk.
  • (derogatory, slang) A sexual predator – an older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex.