Chicken vs. Fowl

Chicken vs. Fowl — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Chicken and Fowl

Chickennoun

(countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.

Fowlnoun

(archaic) A bird.

Chickennoun

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

Fowlnoun

A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.

Chickennoun

A coward.

Fowlnoun

Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans.

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Chickennoun

A young or inexperienced person.

Fowlverb

To hunt fowl.

We took our guns and went fowling.

Chickennoun

A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

Fowlnoun

a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl

Chickennoun

The game of dare.

Fowlnoun

the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

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Chickennoun

A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser.)

Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.

Fowlverb

hunt fowl

Chickennoun

A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

Fowlverb

hunt fowl in the forest

Chickenadjective

(informal) Cowardly.

Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.

Chickenverb

(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Chickennoun

the flesh of a chicken used for food

Chickennoun

a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

Chickennoun

a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

Chickennoun

a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

Chickenadjective

easily frightened