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Sparrow vs Magpie - What's the difference?

sparrow | magpie |

As a proper noun sparrow

is .

As a noun magpie is

(soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

sparrow

English

(wikipedia sparrow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The house sparrow, Passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
  • A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
  • A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
  • Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
  • (UK, chiefly, London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow .
  • * 2005 , Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon , BBC
    • Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
  • * 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
    • I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .

    Derived terms

    * sparrowhawk * house sparrow * (tree sparrow)

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * spadger, sparra, spuggy

    magpie

    English

    (wikipedia magpie)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae
  • # especially Pica pica .
  • A superficially similar Australian bird, .
  • Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery.
  • (slang) Fan or member of

    • Synonyms

    * (checksyns) * maggie * pie * piet

    Derived terms

    * Australian magpie * (black magpie) () * (oriental magpie) ** (green magpie) (Cissa ) *** (common green magpie) () *** (Indochinese green magpie) () *** (Javan green magpie) () *** (Bornean green magpie) () ** (blue magpie) (Urocissa ) *** (Taiwan blue magpie) () *** (red-billed blue magpie) () *** (yellow-billed blue magpie) () *** (Sri Lanka blue magpie) () *** (white-winged magpie) () * ** black-billed magpie () ** (yellow-billed magpie) () ** Eurasian magpie (Pica pica ) ** (Korean magpie) () ** (azure-winged magpie) () ** (Iberian magpie) ()