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Dove vs. Eagle — What's the Difference?

Dove vs. Eagle — What's the Difference?

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Dove

A stocky bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, feeding on seeds or fruit. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.

Eagle

Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related.

Dove

A person who advocates peaceful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs
He was the cabinet's leading dove, the only minister to advocate peace talks

Eagle

Any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, characterized by broad wings, a hooked bill, keen vision, and soaring flight.

Dove

(in Christian art and poetry) the Holy Spirit (as represented in John 1:32).
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Eagle

A representation of an eagle used as an emblem or insignia.

Dove

Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.

Eagle

A gold coin formerly used in the United States, stamped with an eagle on the reverse side and having a face value of ten dollars.

Dove

A gentle, innocent person.

Eagle

(Sports) A golf score of two strokes under par on a hole.

Dove

A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

Eagle

To shoot (a hole in golf) in two strokes under par.

Dove

See Columba.

Eagle

To score an eagle in golf.

Dove

A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1.

Eagle

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

Dove

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

Eagle

A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.

Dove

A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

Eagle

A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.

Dove

(countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

Eagle

(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.

Dove

A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.

Eagle

(golf) To score an eagle.

Dove

Strong dive

Eagle

Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliæetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaëtus); the imperial eagle of Europe (Aquila mogilnik or Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.

Dove

(non-standard) dive

Eagle

A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.

Dove

A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

Eagle

A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.

Dove

A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice.

Eagle

The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.

Dove

A person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.

Eagle

Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

Dove

Any of numerous small pigeons

Eagle

(golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole

Dove

Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

Eagle

A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars

Dove

A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum

Eagle

An emblem representing power;
The Roman eagle

Dove

Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

Eagle

Shoot in two strokes under par

Dove

An emblem of peace

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