Bird vs. Fellow — What's the Difference?

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves , characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) ostrich.

A fellow is a broad concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.

A warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly.

A man or boy.

A person of a specified kind or character

(Informal) A boyfriend.

A young woman or a girlfriend.

A comrade or associate.

Any of various warm-blooded egg-laying feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.

A person of equal rank, position, or background; a peer.

Such an animal hunted as game.

One of a pair; a mate

Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food

A member of a learned society or professional organization.

See clay pigeon.

A graduate student appointed to a position granting financial aid and providing for further study.

(Sports) See shuttlecock.

A physician who enters a training program in a medical specialty after completing residency, usually in a hospital or academic setting.

(Slang) A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.

An incorporated senior member of certain colleges and universities.

(Slang) A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable

A member of the governing body of certain colleges and universities.

Chiefly British Slang A young woman.

(Archaic) A man or boy held in low regard.

A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.

Being of the same kind, group, occupation, society, or locality; having in common certain characteristics or interests

Discharge from employment

A companion; a comrade.

An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward.

An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.

To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings.

An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.

To trap, shoot, or catch birds.

A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.

A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.

(chiefly in the negative) A person with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another person; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.

A chicken or turkey used as food.

One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.

(slang) A man, fellow.

Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.

A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.

Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.

A girlfriend.

An honorary title bestowed by a college or university upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).

(slang) An airplane.

A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.

(slang) A satellite.

A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.

(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.

A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).

Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.

(US) A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.

(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.

(US) A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.

A yardbird.

(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.

A kilogram of cocaine.

(rare) Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.

A penis.

An animal or object.

(slang) A prison sentence.

(archaic)

(intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.

One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.

(intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.

(Australian Aboriginal) fella

To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

(obsolete)

To transmit via satellite.

A colleague or partner.

To bring into prison, to roof.

A close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.

Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.

Followed by of: one who participates in an activity; a participant.

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

A man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address to such a person.

A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.

A person's servant or slave.

Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.

(derogatory) A worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address to a person regarded as such.

Fig.: A girl; a maiden.

Synonym of schoolmate

To catch or shoot birds.

A black man.

Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

(transitive)

To watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch.

(archaic) To address (someone) as "fellow", especially in an insulting manner (see noun sense 10.6).

Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

To equal (someone or something); also, to cause or find someone or something to be equal to (some other person or thing).

The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

(obsolete)

Informal terms for a (young) woman

Followed by with: to associate or join with a person or thing in companionship or a partnership.

A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

Watch and study birds in their natural habitat

An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.

A person; an individual.

In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

To suit with; to pair with; to match.

A boy or man;

A person who is frequently in the company of another;

A person who is member of your class or profession;

An informal form of address for a man;

A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman;