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Cricket vs Vulture - What's the difference?

cricket | vulture |

As nouns the difference between cricket and vulture

is that cricket is while vulture is any of several carrion-eating birds of the families accipitridae and cathartidae.

cricket

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) criquet, from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  • A wooden footstool.
  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
  • (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
    • Derived terms
    * balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricket

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch 'to ricochet' , i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7919429.stm]

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  • (chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
    • ''That player's foul wasn't cricket !
    Usage notes
    The sense "An act that is fair and sportsmanlike" is always used in negative constructions and is not restricted to sports usage. * (An act that is unfair or unsportsmanlike) not cricket
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the game of cricket.

    • vulture

    English

    (wikipedia vulture)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
  • (colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.
    • Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

    Synonyms

    * (a person profits from the suffering of others) vampire, ambulance chaser

    Derived terms

    * griffon vulture * turkey vulture