wading bird vs rail

rail vs wading bird

wading bird and rail both are nouns.

wading bird is not a verb while rail is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wading bird	Yes	No	No	No
rail	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rail is a hyponym of wading bird; that is, rail is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wading bird:

wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
rail: any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

Other hyponyms of wading bird include stork, Balaeniceps rex, shoebill, shoebird, ibis, spoonbill, flamingo, heron, crane, Aramus guarauna, courlan, Aramus pictus, limpkin, Cariama cristata, crested cariama, seriema, chunga, Chunga burmeisteri, seriema, bustard, bustard quail, button-quail, button quail, hemipode, ortygan, Pedionomus torquatus, plain wanderer, trumpeter, limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird.

wading bird (noun)	rail (noun)
any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food	any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
	a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
	a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
	a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
	short for railway

wading bird (verb)	rail (verb)
	complain bitterly
	spread negative information about
	criticize severely
	fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
	lay with rails
	travel by rail or train
	separate with a railing
	convey (goods etc.) by rails
	provide with rails
	enclose with rails

Difference between wading bird and rail

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