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Skylark vs Larker - What's the difference?

skylark | larker |

As nouns the difference between skylark and larker

is that skylark is a small brown passerine bird, alauda arvensis , that sings as it flies high into the air while larker is a catcher of larks (the bird).

As a verb skylark

is to jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

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

    larker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A catcher of larks (the bird).
  • One who indulges in a lark or frolic.