Starling vs Sparrow - What's the difference?
starling | sparrow |
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 .
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 .
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* 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
As nouns the difference between starling and sparrow
is that starling is a family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds while sparrow is the house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.As proper nouns the difference between starling and sparrow
is that starling is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}} from a nickname for a gregarious person while Sparrow is {{surname}.starling
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* (l)sparrow
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(wikipedia sparrow)Noun
(en noun)Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon, BBC
- Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
- I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .