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Pigeon vs. Dove

A bird that has an average stature mostly eats seeds and other fruits and has a small head, short legs, a voice that stays shrill and coos along with gray and white furs becomes a pigeon. A bird with a small head, short body, and legs, along with a voice that coos, and it feeds on seeds, and other fruits become a dove.

Key Differences

A bird that has an average stature mostly eats seeds and other fruits and has a small head, short legs, a voice that stays shrill and coos along with gray and white furs becomes a pigeon.
A pigeon gets considered as a bird that fears other species and likes to stay inside their shed for a long time. On the other hand, a dove gets regarded as a peaceful creature that wants to fly and stay outside.
Most pigeons like to eat grains, seeds, and some dry fruits. On the other hand, most doves like to eat fruits that may range from fresh to dry and some seeds.
A bird with a small head, short body, and legs, along with a voice that coos, and it feeds on seeds, and other fruits become a dove.
Both the birds get used as a symbol of peace, in the older times, pigeon had the nomination, but now, dove becomes the United Nations symbol for the same purpose.
Samantha Walker
Jul 27, 2017
The color of pigeons mostly ranges from white, brown, black, maroon, and even mixture of many, on the other hand, the color of dove mostly is gray or white.
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Around 310 species of both these birds exist, most of them are for pigeons and range between 200-250. On the other hand, 50-70 species of doves live.

Comparison Chart

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A bird that has an average stature mostly eats seeds and other fruits and has a small head, short legs, a voice that stays shrill and coos along with gray and white furs.
A bird with a small head, short body, and legs, along with a voice that coos, and it feeds on seeds and other fruits.

Nature

A bird that fears other species and likes to stay inside their shed for a long time.
A peaceful creature that likes to fly and stay outside.

Significance

They were used as a symbol of peace.
They are used as a symbol of peace currently.

Color

Ranges from white, brown, black, maroon and mix.
Mostly white or gray.

Pigeon and Dove Definitions

Pigeon

Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock pigeon or any of its domesticated varieties.
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Dove

Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.

Pigeon

(Slang) One who is easily swindled; a dupe.

Dove

A gentle, innocent person.

Pigeon

An object of special concern; an affair or matter.

Dove

A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

Pigeon

One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
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Dove

See Columba.

Pigeon

(uncountable) The meat from this bird.

Dove

A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1.

Pigeon

A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

Dove

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

Pigeon

A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.

Dove

A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

Pigeon

A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.

Dove

(countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

Pigeon

A weak or useless person.

Dove

A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.

Pigeon

Concern or responsibility.
It's his/her pigeon.

Dove

Strong dive

Pigeon

(transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.

Dove

(non-standard) dive

Pigeon

Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.

Dove

A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

Pigeon

An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

Dove

A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice.

Pigeon

To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
He's pigeoned and undone.

Dove

A person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.

Pigeon

Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

Dove

Any of numerous small pigeons

Dove

Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

Dove

A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum

Dove

Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

Dove

An emblem of peace

What is Pigeon?

A bird that has an average stature mostly eats seeds and other fruits and has a small head, short legs, a voice that stays shrill and coos along with gray and white furs gets known as a pigeon. It has the nature of a peace-loving and friendly bird and usually considered one of the most delicate beings that exist. Pigeons have lived close by man for many years with the main pictures of pigeons being found by archaeologists in Mesopotamia and going back to 3000BC. In current circumstances, the pigeon has been utilized to powerful impact amid wartime. In both the First and Second World Wars, the pigeon spared countless human lives via conveying messages crosswise over adversary lines. Pigeons got carried on boats in guards and in the case of a U-vessel assault an emissary pigeon got discharged with subtle elements of the area of the sinking ship. Much of the time this prompted survivors safeguarded and lives spared. The most widely recognized American wild pigeon is the little, dark brown grieving bird Zenaidura macroura, like the once plentiful traveler pigeon, which was butchered aimlessly and wound up plainly wiped out in 1914. Other wild American species are the band followed, red-charged, and white-delegated pigeons, the greater part of the family Columba, and the ruddy dark colored ground-birds. The pigeon has side-mounted eyes, not at all like people and owls which have forward confronting eyes. As pigeons have monocular vision instead of binocular vision they bounce their heads for the profundity of discernment.

What is Dove?

A bird with a small head, short body, and legs, along with a voice that coos, and it feeds on seeds and other fruits, also becomes known as one of the most delicate beings gets referred to as a dove. This bird has certain importance since it becomes famous around the world because of the peace-loving nature and hence, a symbol of kindness. The dove’s natural surroundings are a dry open home. They are additionally brought up in zoos and by rearing associations. The bird’s classroom living space is in a silver pen with a bar, nourishment, water dish, and a crate to rest. The bird’s geographic range begun in Asia and has spread to Africa and Europe and after that on to the New World. The nourishment in the nest is birdseed and water, the sustenance in the wild incorporates worms, moths, crickets, night crawlers, hacked vegetables and organic products, and birdseed. The predators of the pigeon are snakes and other greater winged animals. The flying creatures that get considered as the image of adoration, peace, and concordance are one of my top choices. That is the reason at whatever point individuals see any couple, they call them cherish flying creatures, and by winged animals, they mean pigeon fowls. Likewise, in Christianity, the pigeon flying creatures have a sort of Holy significance rendered to them. Being such a beautiful animal, they can pull in so a significant portion of people towards their quiet and neighborly nature. Dove winged creature is from the pigeon’s family and imparts such a variety of good qualities to them. Pigeons are likewise one of the friendly animals in this world.

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