passerine vs sparrow
sparrow vs passerinepasserine and sparrow both are nouns.
passerine is an adjective but sparrow is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| passerine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| sparrow | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
sparrow is a hyponym of
passerine; that is, sparrow is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
passerine:
- passerine: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
- sparrow: any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
Other hyponyms of passerine include
oscine, oscine bird, true sparrow, lyrebird, scrub-bird, scrub bird, scrubbird, broadbill, tyrannid, jenny wren, wren.
| passerine (noun) | sparrow (noun) |
|---|---|
| perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless | any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects |
| small brownish European songbird |
| passerine (adjective) | sparrow (adjective) |
|---|---|
| relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds |
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