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Talon vs Eagle - What's the difference?

talon | eagle |

As nouns the difference between talon and eagle

is that talon is a sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal while eagle is any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

As a verb eagle is

to score an eagle.

As a proper noun Eagle is

the landing unit of Apollo 11.

talon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
  • (architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon .)
  • The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
  • (Knight)
  • In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.
  • Derived terms

    * taloned

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    eagle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  • (heraldiccharge) A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem, e.g. on a coat of arms.
  • (US, currency) A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
  • (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from the carnivorous bird) * American eagle * bald eagle * eagle-eye, eagle-eyed * eaglehawk * eagle owl * Eagle Scout * eaglestone * eaglet * fish eagle * golden eagle * Haast's eagle * Philippine eagle * (red-backed sea-eagle) * sea eagle * spread eagle * wedge-tailed eagle * (white-bellied sea eagle) * (white-breasted sea eagle) * white-tailed eagle * double eagle * half eagle

    Synonyms

    * (Accipitridae) erne, broadwing

    Verb

  • (golf) To score an eagle.
  • Anagrams

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