| विषयमा पृष्ठहरू: < [1 2 3] | dove vs. pigeon - how to explain the difference? थ्रेड पोस्टर: Monika Rozwarzewska
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| in French, dove = colombe; pigeon= pigeon | Jul 13, 2014 |
they are two different kinds of animals and I prefer doves
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[Edited at 2014-07-13 10:05 GMT]
| | | | MollyRose 
United States
Local time: 11:18
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| Pigeons are more colorful and bigger than doves | Jul 15, 2014 |
The pigeons I've seen (U.S.) are prettier, at least to me, and I think they're cute. They are grayish with iridescent-like colors, pinkish and bluish, and have a more interesting look. They're also bigger than the doves I've seen (brownish--I've never seen a white one except in pictures). The doves I know of are wild, whereas pigeons are more accustomed to being around people. These are the main ways that I easily tell them apart.
Also, I've heard of homing pigeons (domesticated ... See more The pigeons I've seen (U.S.) are prettier, at least to me, and I think they're cute. They are grayish with iridescent-like colors, pinkish and bluish, and have a more interesting look. They're also bigger than the doves I've seen (brownish--I've never seen a white one except in pictures). The doves I know of are wild, whereas pigeons are more accustomed to being around people. These are the main ways that I easily tell them apart.
Also, I've heard of homing pigeons (domesticated to some point), but not homing doves. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Dove vs Pigeon | Nov 28, 2015 |
Dove and pigeon are alike but in Lao we call white pigeon a dove or peace bird because on peace/national day we uncage and free white pigeons, other than white collor we call pigeon
| | | | | One word, in Russian | May 3, 2018 |
In Russian it's one word, golub'. For grey city types, multi-colour cultivated and fancy city types ), wild forest small ones, for the symbol of peace, Bible references (symbol of Holy Spirit, one of three, in Trinity, welcome news, etc.)
Where the word comes from no one knows ) Either 1. Colombo - k/g - golub'
Or 2. - colour - that used to mean, in the old times, yellowish and grey and brown and what not )
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 18:18
Spanish to English
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