different between bunting vs ensign

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?b?nt??/
• Rhymes: -?nt??

Etymology 1

Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose.Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).

Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

1. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
2. (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
3. Flags considered as a group.

Translations

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

From Middle English bunting, bountyng, buntynge (also as Middle English buntyle), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded Middle English *bunt (“spotted, speckled, pied”) akin to Dutch bont, Middle Low German bunt, bont, German bunt (“multi-coloured”) +? -ing.

Noun

bunting (plural buntings)

1. Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

Derived terms

• black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
• corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
• indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
• painted bunting (Passerina ciris or Calcarius pictus)
• pine bunting (Emberiza melanocephala
• reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
• rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
• snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Translations

Etymology 3

1922, apparently from Scots buntin (“plump, short and thick (esp. of children)”), itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s, and may be related to bunt (“belly of a sail”). Possibly related to butt (“(both noun and verb sense: buttocks; strike with head)”) or to bunny (“rabbit”). Compare with the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.

Noun

bunting (plural buntings)

1. A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

Etymology 4

Verb

bunting

1. present participle of bunt

Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

1. A pushing action.
2. A strong timber; a stout prop.
3. (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bunting, from Classical Malay bunting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?n.t??/
• Rhymes: -?nt??, -t??, -??

Verb

bunting

1. (derogatory) to be pregnant, to get pregnant

Synonyms

• hamil, mengandung

English

Etymology

From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin ?nsignia, nominative plural of ?nsigne. Doublet of insignia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.s?n/, IPA^(key): /??n.s?n/, /??ns.n?/ IPA^(key): /??n.sa?n/
• Rhymes: -?ns?n

Noun

ensign (plural ensigns)

1. A badge of office, rank, or power.
2. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
3. A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.

   Synonym: ancient
4. (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
5. Any prominent flag or banner.
   • 1667?, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced.

6. (historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:badge

(junior commissioned officer):

• coronet (cavalry equivalent of the infantry ensign)
• second lieutenant (OF-1), first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer

Derived terms

• ensign first class
• red ensign

Translations

Verb

ensign (third-person singular simple present ensigns, present participle ensigning, simple past and past participle ensigned)

1. (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
3. (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.

   Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

Anagrams

• engins, genins