Difference between Seagull and Albatross

What is the difference between Seagull and Albatross?

Seagull as a noun is any of several white seabirds of the family laridae having long pointed wings and short legs while Albatross as a noun is any of various large seabirds of the family diomedeidae ranging widely in the southern ocean and the north pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.

Seagull

Part of speech: noun

Definition: any of several white seabirds of the family Laridae having long pointed wings and short legs

Example sentence: I played Jonathan Livingston Seagull in a musical version of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' in Austin, TX. It was pretty special.

Albatross

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.A double eagle, or three under par on any one holeA long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

We hope you now know whether to use Seagull or Albatross in your sentence.

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