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Thrasher vs Thrush - What's the difference?

thrasher | thrush |

As nouns the difference between thrasher and thrush

is that thrasher is one who thrashes while thrush is any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and American Robin have.

thrasher

English

Noun

(wikipedia thrasher) (en noun)
  • One who thrashes.
  • Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes'' and ''Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
  • A thresher shark.
  • (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.
  • thrush

    English

    (wikipedia thrush) (Turdidae)

    Etymology 1

    From a combination of (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and American Robin have.
  • (US, colloquial) A female singer.
  • Derived terms
    * song thrush * true thrush

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic Þröstur .

    Noun

    (es)
  • A fungal infection caused by Candida , now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.
  • Synonyms
    * candidiasis
    Derived terms
    * oral thrush

    See also

    * candida * turdiform