griffin vs vulture

griffin

noun
  • A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman. 

  • A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian. 

  • A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. 

  • A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle. 

  • An English variety of apple. 

vulture

noun
  • A person who profits from the suffering of others. 

  • Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. 

verb
  • To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture. 

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