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Starling vs Staring - What's the difference?

starling | staring |

As nouns the difference between starling and staring

is that starling is a family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds while staring is the act of one who stares.

As a proper noun Starling

is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}} from a nickname for a gregarious person.

As a verb staring is

present participle of lang=en.

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)

    staring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who stares.
  • * (Herman Melville), Pierre
    • Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space

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