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gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon vs Hawk - What's the difference?

gyrfalcon | hawk |


As nouns the difference between gyrfalcon and hawk

is that gyrfalcon is (obsolete) any large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons while hawk is a diurnal predatory bird of the family accipitridae or hawk can be a plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard or hawk can be an effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.

As a verb hawk is

to hunt with a hawk or hawk can be to sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle or hawk can be (intransitive) to cough up something from one's throat.