different between vulture vs mom

English

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?lt??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?lt??/

Noun

vulture (plural vultures)

1. Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
2. (figuratively, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.

   Synonyms: ambulance chaser, vampire

Derived terms

• Egyptian vulture
• griffon vulture
• turkey vulture
• vulturelike
• vulturine
• vulturish
• vulturous

Translations

Verb

vulture (third-person singular simple present vultures, present participle vulturing, simple past and past participle vultured)

1. (figuratively, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

Adjective

vulture

1. (obsolete) ravenous; rapacious

Further reading

• vulture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

vulture

1. ablative singular of vultur

English

Alternative forms

• mam
• Mom
• mum, Mum (Australian, British, Irish)

Etymology

Abbreviation of momma.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?m/
• (US) enPR: m?m, IPA^(key): /m?m/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /m?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

mom (plural moms)

1. (Canada, US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother.
2. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.

Verb

mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming or moming, simple past and past participle mommed or momed)

1. (informal) To care in a motherly way.

Usage notes

• "Mom" is capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun:

  I think Mom likes my new car.

  I think my mom will like you.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Mother’s Day
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• MMO

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)

1. mask
2. a specific kind of beer

Derived terms

• mombakkes
• mommer
• vermommen

Nisenan

Noun

mom

1. water

References

• Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????/

Etymology

Compare Mandarin ? (mào).

Noun

mom

1. hat