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Erne vs Tern - What's the difference?

erne | tern |

As nouns the difference between erne and tern

is that erne is an eagle while tern is any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

As an adjective tern is

threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.

erne

English

(wikipedia erne)

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, poetic, dialectal, scientific) An eagle.
    • The bald earn
  • An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla ).

    • Synonyms

    * (an eagle) sea eagle, white-tailed eagle

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    tern

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a Scandinavian language, related to Danish terne'', Swedish '' , ultimately from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
    • Derived terms
    * arctic tern * black tern * common tern * crested tern * greater crested tern * hooded tern * lesser crested tern * marsh tern * river tern * roseate tern * sooty tern * swift tern
    See also
    * sea swallow * (wikipedia) * (Sternidae) * (Sternidae)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) terne. See (tern) (adjective).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together.
  • (dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
  • * Mrs Browning
    • She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate
    • tern''' flowers; '''tern leaves
    a tern schooner, one with three masts

    Anagrams

    * *