Sparrow vs. Swallow — What's the Difference?

Any of various small birds of the family Emberizidae, having brownish or grayish plumage and found throughout the Americas, such as the song sparrow.

The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance.

Any of various birds of the family Passeridae, especially the house sparrow.

To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

Any of various similar birds of other families, such as the Java sparrow.

To put up with (something unpleasant)

The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

To refrain from expressing; suppress

A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.

To envelop or engulf

A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.

To consume or use up

Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

(Slang) To believe without question

A quick-witted, lively person.

To take back; retract

One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.

To say inarticulately; mumble

Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.

To perform the act of swallowing.

Any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

The act of swallowing.

Small brownish European songbird

An amount swallowed.

(Nautical) The channel through which a rope runs in a block or a mooring chock.

Any of various small graceful swift-flying passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a usually notched or forked tail, and a large mouth for catching flying insects.

Any of various similar birds, such as a swift.

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

(transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

(intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

(transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

(intransitive) To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

(transitive) To retract; to recant.

(transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

(archaic) A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

(archaic) The mouth and throat; that which is used for swallowing; the gullet.

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

(nautical) The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.

(Nigeria) Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

The act of swallowing.

The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

Taste; relish; inclination; liking.

Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.

To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb - usually followed by up.

To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

To engross; to appropriate; - usually with up.

To occupy; to take up; to employ.

To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.

To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

A small amount of liquid food;

The act of swallowing;

Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

Engulf and destroy;

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

Utter indistinctly;

Take back what one has said;

Keep from expressing;

Tolerate or accommodate oneself to;

Believe or accept without questioning or challenge;