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Chick vs Rooster - What's the difference?

chick | rooster |

As nouns the difference between chick and rooster

is that chick is a young bird while rooster is a male of any species of gallinaceous bird. Typically refers to the domestic chicken, species: Gallus gallus domesticus.

As a verb chick

is to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

chick

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young bird.
  • A young chicken.
  • (slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
  • Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by
  • * {{quote-book, year=1927, title=Elmer Gantry, author=Sinclair Lewis
  • , passage=He had determined that marriage now would cramp his advancement in the church and that, anyway, he didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick , who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2004, title=Bad moon rising?, author=Tess Pendergrass
  • , passage=I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * chick flick * chickfriend * chick lit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
  • (Chalmers)

    References

    rooster

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A male of any species of gallinaceous bird. Typically refers to the domestic chicken, .
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * roosterly * roosterness * roostertail

    See also

    * chicken * cock-a-doodle-doo * cockerel * hen

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) ----