Feather vs. Water — What's the Difference?

Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on dinosaurs, both avian (bird) and some non-avian (non-bird) and possibly other archosauromorphs. They are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty.

Water (chemical formula H2O) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent). It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients.

One of the light, flat structures growing from the skin of birds, consisting of numerous slender, closely arranged parallel barbs forming a vane on either side of a horny, tapering, partly hollow shaft.

A colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms

A feathery tuft or fringe of hair, as on the legs or tail of some dogs.

A stretch or area of water, such as a river, sea, or lake

Character, kind, or nature

Urine

A strip, wedge, or flange used as a strengthening part.

The amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus in the womb, especially as discharged in a flow shortly before birth

A wedge or key that fits into a groove to make a joint.

The quality of transparency and brilliance shown by a diamond or other gem.

The vane of an arrow.

Capital stock that represents a book value greater than the true assets of a company.

A feather-shaped flaw, as in a precious stone.

Pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth

The wake made by a submarine's periscope.

(of a person's eyes) fill with tears

The act of feathering the blade of an oar in rowing.

Dilute or adulterate (a drink, typically an alcoholic one) with water

To cover, dress, or decorate with feathers or featherlike projections.

Increase (a company's debt, or nominal capital) by the issue of new shares without a corresponding addition to assets.

To fit (an arrow) with a feather.

A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).

To thin, reduce, or fringe the edge of (wood, for example) by cutting, shaving, or making thinner.

Any of various forms of water

To spread (paint, for example) thinly at the edges so as to blend with the surrounding area.

Often waters Naturally occurring mineral water, as at a spa.

To shorten and taper (hair) by cutting and thinning.

A body of water such as a sea, lake, river, or stream.

To blur or soften the edge of (an image).

Waters A particular stretch of sea or ocean, especially that of a state or country

To apply (a brake, throttle, or other control) gently or slightly and steadily.

A supply of water

To turn (an oar blade) almost horizontal as it is carried back after each stroke.

A water supply system.

To alter the pitch of (a propeller) so that the chords of the blades are parallel with the line of flight.

Any of the fluids normally secreted from the body, such as urine, perspiration, tears, or saliva.

To alter the pitch of (the rotor of a helicopter) while in forward flight.

A fluid present in a body part in abnormal quantities as a result of injury or disease

To turn off (an aircraft engine) while in flight.

The fluid surrounding a fetus in the uterus; amniotic fluid.

To grow feathers or become feathered.

An aqueous solution of a substance, especially a gas

To move, spread, or grow in a manner suggestive of feathers

A wavy finish or sheen, as of a fabric or metal.

To become thin or less dense at the edges

The valuation of the assets of a business firm beyond their real value.

To feather an oar.

Stock issued in excess of paid-in capital.

To feather a propeller.

The transparency and luster of a gem.

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

A level of excellence.

Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.

To pour or sprinkle water on; make wet

One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

To give drinking water to.

A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

To lead (an animal) to drinking water.

Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").

To dilute or weaken by adding water

One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.

To give a sheen to the surface of (fabric or metal).

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

To increase (the number of shares of stock) without increasing the value of the assets represented.

Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.

To irrigate (land).

Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).

To produce or discharge fluid, as from the eyes.

(rail) A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.

To salivate in anticipation of food

To cover or furnish with feathers; to fletch.

To take on a supply of water, as a ship.

To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.

To drink water, as an animal.

To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.

(uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.

The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.

(aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.

(countable) A serving of liquid water.

To finely shave or bevel an edge.

The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

(computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.

Water in a body; an area of open water.

(intransitive) Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.

A body of water, almost always a river.

(transitive) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

A combination of water and other substance(s).

(transitive) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

Mineral water.

(transitive) To tread, as a cockerel.

Spa water.

To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.

(pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.

To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.

Urine.

(transitive) To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.

Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America. (The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary says "often used in plural; also: bag of waters".)

(transitive) To move softly, like a feather.

Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.

Kind; nature; species; - from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.

A person's intuition.

The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

Excess valuation of securities.

A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.

The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.

One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.

A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.

(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

(transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

(intransitive) To get or take in water.

To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

To urinate onto.

To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

(transitive) To dilute.

To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

To tread, as a cock.

(intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.

To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; - often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.

(transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers.

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

To turn to a horizontal plane; - said of oars.

A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.

To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.

Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.

The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.

Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.

Join tongue and groove, in carpentry

An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."

Cover or fit with feathers

To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.

Turn the paddle; in canoeing

To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.

Turn the oar, while rowing

To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.

Grow feathers;

To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.

To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.

Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean);

Facility that provides a source of water;

Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

Liquid excretory product;

A fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants;

Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams;

Provide with water;

Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva;

Fill with tears;