Tropical vs Swiftlet - What's the difference?
tropical | swiftlet |
Of or north and 23 degrees south.
From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
* South
Any of various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus'', ''Hydrochous'', ''Schoutedenapus'', and ''Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.
As nouns the difference between tropical and swiftlet
is that tropical is a tropical plant while swiftlet is any of various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus, and Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.As an adjective tropical
is of or {{l/en|pertaining}} to the {{l/en|tropics}}, the {{l/en|equatorial}} {{l/en|region}} between 23 {{l/en|degrees}} north and 23 degrees south.tropical
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* (abbreviation)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
