Difference between Duck and Loon

What is the difference between Duck and Loon?

Duck as a noun is an aquatic bird of the family anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. while Loon as a noun is idler, lout

Duck

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something. To lower (something) into water. To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something. To try to evade doing something.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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. The flesh of a duck used as food. A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.) A term of endearment Dear, Mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger). A playing card with the rank of two. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth. A partly-flooded cave passage with limited airspace. A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

Loon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: idler, lout(mainly Scottish; ) boy, lad(mainly Scottish; ) harlot; mistresssimpleton; (also ) crazy or deranged person.(Irish) English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

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