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Bats vs Chicken - What's the difference?

bats | chicken |

As nouns the difference between bats and chicken

is that bats is plural of lang=en while chicken is a domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.

As verbs the difference between bats and chicken

is that bats is third-person singular of bat while chicken is to avoid as a result of fear.

As adjectives the difference between bats and chicken

is that bats is mad, insane while chicken is cowardly.

As proper nouns the difference between bats and chicken

is that bats is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Georgia while Chicken is a CDP in Alaska.

bats

English

Noun

(head)
  • See also

    * *

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bat)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Mad, insane.
  • You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    chicken

    English

    (wikipedia chicken) (Gallus gallus) (Gallus gallus)

    Noun

  • (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus , especially when young
  • (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
  • (countable, slang) A coward.
  • (countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Compare chickenhawk
  • (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
  • * 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , III:
  • "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken ."
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • Stella is no chicken .
  • 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 (, the loser.)
  • Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
  • The game of dare.
  • Synonyms

    * (bird) cock (male only), chook , hen (female only), rooster (male only) * (coward) * twink * (young inexperienced person) spring chicken * See also

    Derived terms

    * chicken and egg * chicken feed * chicken fillet * chickenhawk * chicken Kiev * chickenpox * chicken salt * chickenshit * like a chicken with its head cut off * like a chicken with the pip * play chicken * run around like a chicken with its head cut off * spring chicken

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cowardly
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To avoid as a result of fear.
  • To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
  • Derived terms

    * chicken out * chicken legs

    See also

    * egg * poultry * cockerel * hen