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What is the difference between skylark and lark?

skylark | lark | Hyponyms |

Lark is a hyponym of skylark.

Lark is a related term of skylark.



As nouns the difference between skylark and lark

is that skylark is a small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air while lark is any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

As verbs the difference between skylark and lark

is that skylark is to jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks while lark is to catch larks.

As a proper noun Lark is

{{surname|from=nicknames}}, from {{term|lark|lang=en}} as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.

skylark

English

(wikipedia skylark) (Alauda arvensis)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis , that sings as it flies high into the air.

    • Derived terms

    * (Eurasian skylark) (Alauda arvensis ) * (Japanese skylark) () * (oriental skylark) ()

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
    • I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.

    Derived terms

    * skylarker * skylarking

    lark

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) larke, laverke, from (etyl) ), of unknown ultimate origin with no known cognates outside of Germanic.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae .
  • Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
  • One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who wakes early) early bird, early riser
    Hyponyms
    * woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark
    Related terms
    * happy as a lark * lark bunting * larker * lark sparrow * larkspur, plant * skylark, the bird

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To catch larks.
    • to go larking

    External links

    * (lark) * (Alaudidae) * (Alaudidae)

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain, either * from a northern English dialectal term (lake)/), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or * a shortening of (skylark) (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A romp, frolic, some fun.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • A prank.
    • Synonyms
    * whim, especially in phrase on a whim
    Derived terms
    * on a lark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
  • To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

    • References

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    Anagrams

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