oscine vs lark

oscine and lark both are nouns.

oscine is an adjective but lark is not an adjective.

oscine is not a verb while lark is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
oscine	Yes	Yes	No	No
lark	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

oscine: passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
lark: any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

Other hyponyms of oscine include songbird, songster, honey eater, honeysucker, accentor, wagtail, pipit, titlark, finch, honeycreeper, weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird, flycatcher, Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, thrush, warbler, babbler, cackler, bird of paradise, American oriole, New World oriole, oriole, Old World oriole, oriole, starling, corvine bird, Australian magpie, Mimus polyglotktos, mocker, mockingbird, blue mockingbird, Melanotis caerulescens, catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird, grey catbird, mocking thrush, thrasher, New Zealand wren, creeper, tree creeper, nutcracker, nuthatch, tit, titmouse, bluebird, fairy bluebird, swallow, swallow shrike, wood swallow, tanager, shrike, bowerbird, catbird, dipper, water ouzel, vireo, waxwing.

oscine (noun)	lark (noun)
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus	any carefree episode
	any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
	a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
	North American songbirds having a yellow breast

oscine (adjective)	lark (adjective)
of or relating to the songbirds

oscine (verb)	lark (verb)
	play boisterously

Difference between oscine and lark

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