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Desk vs Pelican - What's the difference?

desk | pelican |


As nouns the difference between desk and pelican

is that desk is a table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use of writers and readers it often has a drawer or repository underneath while pelican is pelican (any of various seabirds of the family pelecanidae).

As a verb desk

is to shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Pelican vs Heron - What's the difference?

pelican | heron |


As nouns the difference between pelican and heron

is that pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch while heron is a long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

Pelican vs Duck - What's the difference?

pelican | duck |


As a noun pelican

is pelican (any of various seabirds of the family pelecanidae).

As a proper noun duck is

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Pelican vs Penguin - What's the difference?

pelican | penguin |


As nouns the difference between pelican and penguin

is that pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch while penguin is any of several flightless sea birds, of order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere; marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.

Pelican vs Starling - What's the difference?

pelican | starling |


As a noun pelican

is pelican (any of various seabirds of the family pelecanidae).

As a proper noun starling is

from a nickname for a gregarious person.

Pelican vs Gannet - What's the difference?

pelican | gannet |


As nouns the difference between pelican and gannet

is that pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch while gannet is any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.

Sparrow vs Pelican - What's the difference?

sparrow | pelican |


As nouns the difference between sparrow and pelican

is that sparrow is the house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers while pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

As a proper noun Sparrow

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Pelican vs Stork - What's the difference?

pelican | stork |


As nouns the difference between pelican and stork

is that pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch while stork is a large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.

Pelican - What does it mean?

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Albatros vs Pelican - What's the difference?

albatros | pelican |

Albatros is likely misspelled.


Albatros has no English definition.

As a noun pelican is

any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

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