different between greek vs lovebird

English

Etymology

Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

greek (plural greeks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

Verb

greek (third-person singular simple present greeks, present participle greeking, simple past and past participle greeked)

1. (transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
2. (transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

Derived terms

• greeking (noun)

Related terms

• it's all Greek to me

Anagrams

• Gerke

English

Etymology

love +? bird

Noun

lovebird (plural lovebirds)

1. Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.
2. (figuratively, usually in the plural) One of the members of an openly affectionate couple.

Hyponyms

• black-cheeked lovebird, Agapornis nigrigenis
• black-collared lovebird (or Swindern's lovebird), Agapornis swindernianus
• black-winged lovebird (or Abyssinian lovebird), Agapornis taranta
• Fischer's lovebird, Agapornis fischeri
• grey-headed lovebird (or Madagascar lovebird), Agapornis canus
• Lilian's lovebird (or Nyasa lovebird), Agapornis lilianae
• red-headed lovebird (or red-faced lovebird), Agapornis pullarius
• rosy-faced lovebird (or peach-faced lovebird), Agapornis roseicollis
• yellow-collared lovebird (or masked lovebird), Agapornis personatus,

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (rabub?do)

Translations

Verb

lovebird (third-person singular simple present lovebirds, present participle lovebirding, simple past and past participle lovebirded)

1. (intransitive) To express romantic affection openly.

   Synonym: bill and coo

Further reading

• lovebird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia