different between follow vs falconer

English

Etymology

From Middle English folwen, fol?en, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folg?n, from Proto-Germanic *fulg?n? (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??
• Hyphenation: fol?low

Verb

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

   We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.

3. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
4. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

7. (Internet, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

8. (transitive, intransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

9. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Synonyms

• (go after in a physical space): trail, tail
• (in a sequence): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (carry out): pursue
• (be a consequence): ensue

Antonyms

• (go after in a physical space): guide, lead
• (go after in a sequence): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• unfollow

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• chase (verb)

Noun

follow (plural follows)

1. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

   a follow shot

2. (Internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
   • 2012, Brett Petersel, ?Esther Schindler, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing

     It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.

Anagrams

• Wollof

English

Etymology

From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?l.k?n.?(?)/, /?f??k.n?(?)/, and similar variations
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fælk?n?/

Noun

falconer (plural falconers)

1. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
2. One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Synonyms

• hawker

Related terms

• falconry

Translations

References

• falconer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Florance

Old French

Alternative forms

• fauconer (Anglo-Norman)
• fauconier
• fauconnier

Etymology

falcon +? -er.

Noun

falconer m (oblique plural falconers, nominative singular falconers, nominative plural falconer)

1. (Anglo-Norman) falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks)

Descendants

• ? English: falconer
• French: fauconnier