different between vulture vs vulturous

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

Etymology

vulture +? -ous

Adjective

vulturous (comparative more vulturous, superlative most vulturous)

1. Having the features of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.

   The attorney licked his lips with vulturous delight as he listened to the man's description of neck pain after the accident.

Synonyms

• vulturelike
• vulturine
• vulturish