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Chickenshit vs Apeshit - What's the difference?

chickenshit | apeshit |

As adjectives the difference between chickenshit and apeshit

is that chickenshit is petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. Compare bullshit while apeshit is out of control due to anger or excitement.

As a noun chickenshit

is petty and contemptible thing(s).

chickenshit

English

Alternative forms

* chicken-shit, chicken shit

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant.
  • (vulgar, slang) Cowardly.
    • How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible thing(s).
    • don't waste your time on that chickenshit
  • (slang, vulgar) A coward.
    • I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit .
  • (vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
    • That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.

    Synonyms

    * (coward) coward; chicken, pussy, wuss, shithouse * (petty or contemptible thing) shit, crap, bullcrap, bullshit, junk, trash, dogshit, Irish bull, horseshit

    apeshit

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ape shit

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Out of control due to anger or excitement.
    • I told him the bad news, and he went apeshit .
    I told him the bad news, and now he’s totally apeshit .
  • (slang) Awesome.
    • This dope is apeshit .

    Synonyms

    * bananas, batshit, berserk, insane, nuts

    Derived terms

    * go apeshit