swallow vs Hirundo rustica

Hirundo rustica vs swallow

swallow and Hirundo rustica both are nouns.

swallow is a verb but Hirundo rustica is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swallow	Yes	No	Yes	No
Hirundo rustica	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Hirundo rustica is a hyponym of swallow; that is, Hirundo rustica is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than swallow:

swallow: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Hirundo rustica: common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.

Other hyponyms of swallow include barn swallow, chimney swallow, cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota, Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow, martin.

swallow (noun)	Hirundo rustica (noun)
the act of swallowing	common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
a small amount of liquid food

swallow (verb)	Hirundo rustica (verb)
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
keep from expressing
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
take back what one has said
utter unclearly
engulf and destroy
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Difference between swallow and Hirundo rustica

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