different between vulture vs predator

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

• prædator (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praed?tor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?.t??/

Noun

predator (plural predators)

1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
3. A sexual predator.

Related terms

• predation
• predatory
• prey

Translations

Anagrams

• parroted, prorated, protrade, rope dart, teardrop

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?da?tor/
• Hyphenation: pre?da?tor

Noun

prèd?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. predator

Declension