Goose vs. Duck
The birds living on or around water are called water birds. They can further be divided into groups like Seabirds, Shorebirds, Anseriformes, Grebes, Loons and Ciconiiformes depending on their distinctive features and habitats. Anseriformes re further divided in three families: Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, which is the largest family with including over 10 species of waterfowl.Freshwater birds like Goose, Duck Swans are part of the Anatidae family. Freshwater birds are the birds inhabitant of rivers, streams lakes and marshes, instead of the ocean or sea. Goose and duck hailing from the similar family and having similar habitat are often considered the same, though they are not as they posses quite distinctive features and have different physical appearance. Appearance wise Ducks are stouter and Geese are longer. Geese are primarily herbivores as they prefer eating shrubs and grasses, whereas ducks eat insects, fish and even amphibians.
Key Differences
Geese are primarily herbivores as they prefer eating shrubs and grasses, whereas ducks eat insects, fish and even amphibians.
Goose make honking noise or call, whereas duck produces 'quack' sound.
Geese are 'migratory birds' (Canada Goose), whereas usually ducks didn't go migration as they prefer staying within the specific area.
Harlon Moss
Nov 23, 2016
Appearance wise Ducks are stouter and Geese are longer.
Comparison Chart
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Geese are longer.
Ducks are stouter.
Eating Habits
Geese are primarily herbivores as they prefer eating shrubs and grasses.
Ducks eat insects, fish and even amphibians.
Sounds
Goose make honking noise or call.
Duck produces 'quack' sound.
Mobility
Geese are 'migratory birds' (Canada Goose).
Generally Ducks didn't go migration as they prefer staying within the specific area.
Goose and Duck Definitions
Goose
Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, and especially of the genera Anser, Branta, and Chen, characteristically having a shorter neck than that of a swan and a shorter, more pointed bill than that of a duck.
Duck
Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
Goose
The female of such a bird.
Duck
A female duck.
Goose
The flesh of such a bird used as food.
Duck
The flesh of a duck used as food.
Goose
(Informal) A silly person.
Duck
(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.
Goose
Pl. goos·es A tailor's pressing iron with a long curved handle.
Duck
Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.
Goose
(Slang) A poke, prod, or pinch between or on the buttocks.
Duck
A quick lowering of the head or body.
Goose
To poke, prod, or pinch (a person) between or on the buttocks.
Duck
A plunge under water.
Goose
To move to action; spur
Goosed the governor to sign the tax bill.
Duck
A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.
Goose
To give a spurt of fuel to (a car, for example); cause to accelerate quickly
"The pilot goosed his craft, powering away" (Nicholas Proffitt).
Duck
Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.
Goose
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
There is a flock of geese on the pond.
Duck
An amphibious military truck used during World War II.
Goose
A female goose (sense 1).
Duck
A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.
Goose
The flesh of the goose used as food.
Duck
To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something
Ducked his head as the ball came toward him.
Goose
A silly person.
Duck
To evade; dodge
Duck responsibility.
Ducked the reporter's question.
Goose
(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
Duck
To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.
Goose
A young woman or girlfriend.
Duck
In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).
Goose
An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
Duck
To lower the head or body.
Goose
To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks of (a person).
Duck
To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen
Ducked behind a bush.
Goose
(transitive) To stimulate; to spur.
Duck
To submerge the head or body briefly in water.
Goose
To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
Duck
To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out
Duck out on one's family.
Goose
(UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
Duck
In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.
Goose
To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
Duck
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Duck! There's a branch falling off the tree!
Goose
Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
Duck
(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Goose
Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.
Duck
(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Goose
A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.
Duck
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
Goose
A silly creature; a simpleton.
Duck
(intransitive) To bow.
Goose
A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
The pictures placed for ornament and use,The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
Duck
(transitive) To evade doing something.
Goose
Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
Duck
(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
Goose
A man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Duck
(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.
I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?
Goose
Flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
Duck
(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
Duck
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
Duck
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
Duck
(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
Duck
(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
Duck
(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
Duck
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
Duck
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
Duck
(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
Duck
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
Duck
Synonym of lame duck
Duck
(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.
Duck
A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
Duck
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
Duck
(in plural) Trousers made of such material.
Duck
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
Duck
(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?
Duck
A pet; a darling.
Duck
A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.
Duck
The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
Duck
Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.
Duck
A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod,Other trippings to be trod.
Duck
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.
Duck
To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.
Duck
To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Duck
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.
Duck
To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
The learned pateDucks to the golden fool.
Duck
Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Duck
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
Duck
Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Duck
A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Duck
To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;
Before he could duck, another stone struck him
Duck
Submerge or plunge suddenly
Duck
Dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the pool
Duck
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
He dodged the issue
She skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
He evaded the questions skillfully
What is Goose?
Geese hails from the order Anseriformes, which includes all sorts of waterfowl. Swans and geese are regarded the largest waterfowls. The features which made them distinctive within their counterparts are long necks and non-iridescent coloration. Geese is further divided into two major genera: Anser geese and Branta geese. The prominent species belonging to the Anser Geese are Bar-Headed, Bean, Emperor, Greylag, Pink-Footed, Ross’, Snow, Swan Goose and White-Fronted. on the other hand, major species belonging to the Branta Geese are Barnacle, Brant, Canada, Nene or Hawaiian and Red-Breasted. A baby goose is called a gosling. The average expectancy of Geese is around 25 years.
What is Duck?
Ducks belong to the order Anseriformes as of Geese. Ducks are stouter and smaller than the Geese and many of the other birds of the similar group. Ducks are capable of even swimming in extremely cold waters as they lack nerves and blood vessels in their feet. Generally the ducks didn’t go migration as they prefer staying within the specific area. They have calm nature and is domesticated widely across Asia. The ‘Quack’ sound of duck is relatively less annoying than other of the counterpart birds. They are also quite popular in the recent times as dozens of cartoons featured them. Example: Donald Duck is one of the most famous cartoon characters.
