flycatcher vs firebird

firebird vs flycatcher

flycatcher and firebird both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flycatcher	Yes	No	No	No
firebird	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, firebird is a hyponym of flycatcher; that is, firebird is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than flycatcher:

flycatcher: large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
firebird: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

Other hyponyms of flycatcher include kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, wood pewee, phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher, chatterer, cotinga, Muscivora-forficata, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher.

flycatcher (noun)	firebird (noun)
any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing	eastern subspecies of northern oriole
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing	the male is bright red with black wings and tail
	tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

Difference between flycatcher and firebird

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