Pigeon vs. Duck — What's the Difference?

A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.

A gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick.

A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

An aircraft from one's own side.

A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

Archaic spelling of pidgin

An amphibious transport vehicle

A person's particular responsibility or business

A quick lowering of the head.

Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock pigeon or any of its domesticated varieties.

Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)

(Slang) One who is easily swindled; a dupe.

A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

An object of special concern; an affair or matter.

A batsman's score of nought

One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen

(uncountable) The meat from this bird.

Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.

Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.

A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.

A female duck.

A weak or useless person.

The flesh of a duck used as food.

Concern or responsibility.

(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.

(transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.

Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.

Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.

A quick lowering of the head or body.

An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

A plunge under water.

To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something

To evade; dodge

To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.

In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

To lower the head or body.

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out

In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

(intransitive) To bow.

(transitive) To evade doing something.

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.

(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Synonym of lame duck

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

A faggot; a meatball made from offal.

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

A pet; a darling.

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Submerge or plunge suddenly

Dip into a liquid;

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);