Crow vs. Daw — What's the Difference?

A crow is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly a synonym for all of Corvus.

A jackdaw.

A large perching bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.

A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.

An old or ugly woman

(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.

The cry of a cock.

To dawn.

A sound made by a person expressing great pride or triumph

(obsolete) To wake (someone) up.

Relating to the Crow or their language.

(obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.

(of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry

A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.

(of a person) express great pride or triumph, especially in a tone of gloating satisfaction

To dawn.

A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone Rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.

To rouse.

The Siouan language of the Crow.

To daunt; to terrify.

Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.

Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery

A crowbar.

See Corvus.

To utter the shrill cry characteristic of a rooster.

To exult over an accomplishment or piece of good fortune; boast. ]

A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

(historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.

(among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.

(derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.

A black person.

The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.

The cry of the bird known in the US as a rooster and in British English as a cockerel.

(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

(intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

The mesentery of a beast; - so called by butchers.

Black birds having a raucous call

The cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)

A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

A small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo

An instance of boastful talk;

A Siouan language spoken by the Crow people

Dwell on with satisfaction

Express pleasure verbally;

Utter shrill sounds;