The difference between Eagle and Pollard

When used as nouns, eagle means any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision, whereas pollard means a pruned tree.

When used as verbs, eagle means to score an eagle, whereas pollard means to prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.


check bellow for the other definitions of Eagle and Pollard

  1. Eagle as a noun:

    Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: erne broadwing"

  2. Eagle as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem, e.g. on a coat of arms.

  3. Eagle as a noun (US, numismatics, historical):

    A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.

  4. Eagle as a noun (historical, numismatics):

    A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.

  5. Eagle as a noun (golf):

    A score of two under par for a hole.

  1. Eagle as a verb (golf):

    To score an eagle.

  1. Pollard as a noun (often, attributive):

    A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.

  2. Pollard as a noun:

    A buck deer that has shed its antlers.

  3. Pollard as a noun:

    A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.

  4. Pollard as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.

  5. Pollard as a noun (now, _, Australian):

    A fine grade of bran including some flour.

  6. Pollard as a noun (numismatics, historical):

    A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of , at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

  1. Pollard as a verb (horticulture):

    To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.