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Shrike vs Virago - What's the difference?

shrike | virago |

As nouns the difference between shrike and virago

is that shrike is any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns while virago is (said of a woman) Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant.

As an adjective virago is

pertaining to a virago.

shrike

English

Noun

(wikipedia shrike) (en noun)
  • Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

    • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    *butcherbird

    Anagrams

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    virago

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (said of a woman) Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago . Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • (said of a woman) Scolding, domineering, highly opinionated; a fishwife, a nag.
  • (said of a woman) Rough, loud, and aggressive.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to a virago.
  • * 1964', Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her '''virago mother. — Anthony Burgess, ''Nothing Like the Sun

    • Derived terms

    * viraginity * viraginous ----