Fowl vs Poultry - What's the difference?
fowl | poultry |
(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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domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs)
the meat from a domestic fowl
As nouns the difference between fowl and poultry
is that fowl is a bird while poultry is domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs.As a verb fowl
is to hunt fowl.As a proper noun Poultry is
a street in the City between Cheapside and Cornhill.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