Gull vs. Rook — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gull and Rook
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Gull
Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers and even more distantly to waders.
Rook
A gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops.
Gull
Any of various chiefly coastal seabirds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hooked beak, and usually gray and white plumage.
Rook
A chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank.
Gull
A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe.
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Rook
Defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone)
That lawyer rooked me out of it
Police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked
Gull
To deceive or cheat.
Rook
A Eurasian corvid (Corvus frugilegus) having black plumage with a patch of bare skin around the base of the bill, and nesting in colonies near the tops of trees.
Gull
A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
Rook
A swindler or cheat, especially at games.
Gull
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
Rook
A chess piece that may move in a straight line over any number of empty squares in a rank or file. Also called castle.
Gull
(slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
Rook
To swindle; cheat
Customers are afraid of being rooked by unscrupulous vendors.
Gull
One easily cheated; a dupe.
Rook
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
Gull
A swindler or trickster.
Rook
A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
Gull
To deceive or cheat.
Rook
A bad deal; a rip-off.
Gull
To mislead.
Rook
(British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
Gull
To trick and defraud.
Rook
(uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
Gull
To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.
I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.
Rook
A parson.
Gull
A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
Rook
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
Gull
One easily cheated; a dupe.
Rook
(rare) A castle or other fortification.
Gull
One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
Rook
A rookie.
Gull
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Rook
Mist; fog; roke
Gull
Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
Rook
(transitive) To cheat or swindle.
Gull
Make a fool or dupe of
Rook
Mist; fog. See Roke.
Gull
Fool or hoax;
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
You can't fool me!
Rook
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
Rook
A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend.
Rook
A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
Rook
To squat; to ruck.
Rook
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Rook
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
Rook
Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
Rook
Deprive of by deceit;
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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