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
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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"
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Eagle as a noun (heraldiccharge):
A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem, e.g. on a coat of arms.
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Eagle as a noun (US, numismatics, historical):
A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
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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.
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Eagle as a noun (golf):
A score of two under par for a hole.
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Eagle as a verb (golf):
To score an eagle.
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Pollard as a noun (often, attributive):
A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
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Pollard as a noun:
A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
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Pollard as a noun:
A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.
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Pollard as a noun (obsolete, rare):
A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
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Pollard as a noun (now, _, Australian):
A fine grade of bran including some flour.
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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.
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Pollard as a verb (horticulture):
To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.