Fowl vs Sheep - What's the difference?
fowl | sheep |
(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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A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis .
A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
(chiefly, humorous)
As nouns the difference between fowl and sheep
is that fowl is (archaic) a bird while sheep is a woolly ruminant of the genus ovis .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