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Starling vs Murmuration - What's the difference?

starling | murmuration |

As a proper noun starling

is from a nickname for a gregarious person.

As a noun murmuration is

an act or instance of murmuring.

starling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
  • # The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris , which has dark, iridescent plumage.
  • A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
  • A California fish, the .
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    murmuration

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of murmuring.
  • A flock of starlings.