different between thrasher vs thrush

English

Etymology

Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash +? -er.

Noun

thrasher (plural thrashers)

1. One who thrashes.
2. Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
3. A thresher shark.
4. (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ehrharts

English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrys?e (from Proto-Germanic *þruskij?, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þrusk?) and Old English þræs?e (from Proto-Germanic *þrausk? and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þr?str, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (drozg?), Russian ????? (drozd).

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.

Derived terms

• pale thrush
• song thrush
• true thrush

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Noun

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.

Synonyms

• candidiasis

Derived terms

• oral thrush

Translations

See also

• candida
• turdiform