sandpiper vs greyback

greyback vs sandpiper

sandpiper and greyback both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sandpiper	Yes	No	No	No
greyback	Yes	No	No	No

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

sandpiper: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
greyback: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

Other hyponyms of sandpiper include Actitis hypoleucos, European sandpiper, Actitis macularia, spotted sandpiper, Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper, stint, dunlin, Erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper, greenshank, Tringa nebularia, redshank, Tringa totanus, yellowlegs, Calidris melanotos, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, Calidris canutus, grayback, knot, Calidris Ferruginea, curlew sandpiper, Crocethia alba, sanderling, Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover, upland sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax, ruff, tattler.

sandpiper (noun)	greyback (noun)
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers	a dowitcher with a grey back
	a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
	`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

Difference between sandpiper and greyback

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