Birds vs Fowl - What's the difference?
birds | fowl |
(archaic) A bird.
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A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.
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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As nouns the difference between birds and fowl
is that birds is while fowl is (archaic) a bird.As a verb fowl is
to hunt fowl.fowl
English
Noun
(wikipedia fowl) (en-noun)- And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appiered afore me / So thus he sorowed til hit was day / & herd the fowles synge / thenne somwhat he was comforted