different between nightingale vs thrush

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?t???e?l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, ni?tingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigal? (“nightingale”), equivalent to night +? gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal (“nightingale”), German Low German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), Danish nattergal (“nightingale”), Swedish näktergal (“nightingale”), Icelandic næturgali (“nightingale”).

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man

     The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales

Synonyms

• philomel

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Named after Florence Nightingale.

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.

Anagrams

• alightening

Middle English

Noun

nightingale

1. Alternative form of nyghtyngale

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrys?e (from Proto-Germanic *þruskij?, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þrusk?) and Old English þræs?e (from Proto-Germanic *þrausk? and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þr?str, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (drozg?), Russian ????? (drozd).

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.

Derived terms

• pale thrush
• song thrush
• true thrush

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.

Synonyms

• candidiasis

Derived terms

• oral thrush

Translations

See also

• candida
• turdiform