different between eagle vs osprey

English

Etymology

From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i???l/
• Rhymes: -i???l

Noun

eagle (plural eagles)

1. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

   Synonyms: erne, broadwing

2. (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
3. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
4. (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.

Coordinate terms

(golf):

• buzzard
• bogey
• par
• birdie
• albatross
• condor
• ostrich

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (13th-c. counterfeit coin):
  • pollard
  • rosary
  • mitre
  • leonine
  • scalding
  • crockard
  • steeping

Verb

eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)

1. (golf) To score an eagle.

Translations

Further reading

• Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aegle, aglee

Danish

Etymology

From English eagle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?i???l]

Noun

eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)

1. (golf) eagle (two under par)

References

• “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English eagle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?l/

Noun

eagle m (plural eagles)

1. (golf) eagle

Coordinate terms

• bogey
• birdie
• albatros

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English ospray, from Anglo-Norman ospriet, from Medieval Latin avis prede (“bird of prey”), a generic term apparently confused with this specific bird in Old French on its similarity to ossifrage.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??sp?i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??sp?e?/

Noun

osprey (plural ospreys)

1. A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
   • 1594, George Peele (attributed), The Battle of Alcazar

     I will provide thee of a princely osprey.

   • c. 1612-13, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen

     But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. Two Noble Kinsmen

2. aigrette (ornamental feather)

Synonyms

• fish eagle (a misnomer as the osprey is not an eagle, but compare some of the translations below)
• fish hawk (a misnomer as the osprey is not a hawk)
• orfray (obsolete, incorrect)
• ossifrage (from Latin "bone-breaker")
• osspringer (obsolete)

Translations

Anagrams

• Poyers