Difference between Mortarboard and Hawk

Mortarboard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk. An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel

Hawk

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hunt with a hawk.To sell.To forcibly attempt to cough up (phlegm).To clear the throat loudly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae.An advocate of aggressive political positions.A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Example sentence: I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits are as a risk to the nation.