What is the difference between a pigeon and a dove?

didb72

http://www.proz.com/forum/teaching_and_learning_languages/28738-dove_vs_pigeon_how_to_explain_the_difference.html This address web provide a long discussion between different people from different countries. The colour and the tamness seem to be important. Dec 27 10, 1:48 PM

Baloo55th

There's an element of status involved at times - great houses have dovecotes and terraced houses have pigeon lofts. (A bit like the difference between swan lake and duck pond...) Posh ones are like turtle doves, but common as muck ones are like woodpigeons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecote etc Dec 27 10, 3:38 PM

Watchkeeper

The Latin for dove is "columba" and there is a constellation of that name. It is to the south of Canis Major and Lepus. The place for holding the urns containing the ashes of cremated persons is called a "columbarium", which sounds so much better than "pigeon-holes". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbarium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon-hole_messagebox Dec 28 10, 2:26 PM