eagle vs allegory

allegory vs eagle

eagle and allegory both are nouns.

eagle is a verb but allegory is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
eagle	Yes	No	Yes	No
allegory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, allegory is a hypernym of eagle; that is, allegory is a word with a broader meaning than eagle:

eagle: an emblem representing power
allegory: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Other hypernyms of eagle include emblem.

eagle (noun)	allegory (noun)
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight	a short moral story (often with animal characters)
an emblem representing power	an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars	a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
(golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole

eagle (verb)	allegory (verb)
shoot in two strokes under par
shoot two strokes under par

Difference between eagle and allegory

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