Gander vs. Drake — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gander and Drake
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Gander
A town on the island of Newfoundland, on Lake Gander; population 9,951 (2006). Its airport served the first regular transatlantic flights during the Second World War.
Drake
A male duck
A drake mallard
Gander
Look or glance at something
Paulie gandered at shelves full of coffee paraphernalia
Drake
(in fishing) a natural or artificial mayfly, especially a subadult or a gravid female
Green drake hatches
Gander
A male goose.
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Drake
A male duck.
Gander
(Informal) A look or glance
"Everyone turns and takes a gander at the yokels" (Garrison Keillor).
Drake
A mayfly used as fishing bait. Also called drake fly.
Gander
(Informal) A simpleton; a ninny.
Drake
A male duck.
Gander
A male goose.
Drake
A mayfly used as fishing bait.
Gander
A fool, simpleton.
Drake
(poetic) A dragon.
Gander
A glance, look.
Have a gander at what he’s written.
I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.
Drake
(historical) A small piece of artillery.
Gander
(US) A man living apart from his wife.
Drake
A fiery meteor.
Gander
Ramble, wander
Drake
A beaked galley, or Viking warship.
Gander
The male of any species of goose.
Drake
The male of the duck kind.
Gander
Mature male goose
Drake
The drake fly.
The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
The dark drake fly, good in August.
Drake
A dragon.
Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
Drake
A small piece of artillery.
Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
Drake
Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; - called also drawk, dravick, and drank.
Drake
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
Drake
Adult male of a wild or domestic duck
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