Difference between Fledge and Feather

What is the difference between Fledge and Feather?

Fledge as a verb is to care for a young bird until it is capable of flight while Feather as a verb is to cover with feathers.

Fledge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to care for a young bird until it is capable of flight to grow, cover or be covered with feathers to decorate with feathers

Feather

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover with feathers.To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller doesn't windmill as the aircraft flies.To finely shave or bevel an edge.To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.

Example sentence: The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness. They care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.

We hope you now know whether to use Fledge or Feather in your sentence.

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