Chicken vs. Duck

Chickennoun

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

Chickennoun

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

Chickennoun

A coward.

Chickennoun

A young or inexperienced person.

Chickennoun

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

Chickennoun

The game of dare.

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.)

Chickennoun

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

Chickenadjective

(informal) Cowardly.

Chickenverb

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

Chickennoun

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

Chickennoun

A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken.

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

Chickennoun

a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one

Chickennoun

meat from a chicken

Chickennoun

a game in which the first person to lose their nerve and withdraw from a dangerous situation is the loser

Chickennoun

a coward.

Chickenadjective

cowardly

Chickenverb

withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve

Chicken

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), a subspecies of the red junglefowl, is a type of domesticated fowl, originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and younger male may be called a cockerel.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To bow.

Duckverb

(transitive) To evade doing something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

Duckverb

To enter a place for a short moment.

Ducknoun

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Ducknoun

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

Ducknoun

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

Ducknoun

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

Ducknoun

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

Ducknoun

A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.

Ducknoun

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

Ducknoun

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

Ducknoun

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Ducknoun

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Ducknoun

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

Ducknoun

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

Ducknoun

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

Ducknoun

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

Ducknoun

A pet; a darling.

Ducknoun

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.

Ducknoun

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Ducknoun

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

Ducknoun

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

Duckverb

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duckverb

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

Duckverb

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Duckverb

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

Duckverb

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Ducknoun

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Ducknoun

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Ducknoun

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Ducknoun

a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Duckverb

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Duckverb

submerge or plunge suddenly

Duckverb

dip into a liquid;

Duckverb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

Ducknoun

a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

Ducknoun

a female duck.

Ducknoun

a duck as food

Ducknoun

a pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

Ducknoun

an amphibious transport vehicle

Ducknoun

a quick lowering of the head.

Ducknoun

dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)

Ducknoun

a strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

Ducknoun

trousers made of duck.

Ducknoun

a batsman's score of nought

Duckverb

lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen

Duckverb

depart quickly

Duckverb

avoid (a blow or missile) by moving quickly

Duckverb

evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking)

Duckverb

push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

Duckverb

refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.