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Shearwater vs Gull - What's the difference?

shearwater | gull |

As nouns the difference between shearwater and gull

is that shearwater is any of various long-winged pelagic seabirds in the genera calonectris'' or ''puffinus , of the family procellariidae, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs while gull is (soccer) a player, supporter or other person connected with.

shearwater

English

(wikipedia shearwater) (Calonectris)

Alternative forms

* sheerwater

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various long-winged pelagic seabirds in the genera Calonectris'' or ''Puffinus , of the family Procellariidae, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.

    • gull

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gulle, ultimately from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
    • Synonyms
    * (seabird) mew, seagull

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from an obsolete term

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
  • * 1599 ,
    • BENEDICK. [Aside] I should think this a gull , but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it: knavery cannot, sure, hide itself in such reverence.
  • One easily cheated; a dupe.
    • Synonyms
    * (dupe) See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deceive or cheat.
  • * Dryden
    • The vulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.
  • * Coleridge
    • I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act IV, Scene I, verse 162-165
    • speak your curses out
    Against me, who would sooner crush and grind
    A brace of toads, than league with them to oppress
    An innocent lady, gull an Emperor
  • (US, slang) To mislead.
  • (US, slang) To trick and defraud.
    • Derived terms
    * gullible * gullibility

    References

    External links

    * (wikipedia) * (Larus) ----