Frog vs Chicken - What's the difference?
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A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
To hunt or trap frogs.
To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of a button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop
To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs
To unravel (a knitted garment).
(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:
* Jonathan Swift
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.)
The game of dare.
To avoid as a result of fear.
To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
As nouns the difference between frog and chicken
is that frog is a small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops while chicken is a domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.As verbs the difference between frog and chicken
is that frog is to hunt or trap frogs while chicken is to avoid as a result of fear.As an adjective chicken is
cowardly.As a proper noun Chicken is
a CDP in Alaska.frog
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), ).J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323. See also (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* frosh, frosk, frock * pad, paddock * (railway switch component) common crossingDerived terms
(Derived terms) * * * bush frog * clawed frog * common frog * Darwin's frog * disc-tongued frog * edible frog * * * fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair * Frog (metathesis: > Gorf) * frog belly * frogbit * frog chorus * frogeater, frog eater * frogeye * frogeyed * frog face * frogfish * frogged * froggery * frogging * froggish * froggy * Froggy * froghopper * a frog in one’s throat * frog kick * frog kingdom * frog legs * froglike * * frogly * frogman * frogmarch, frog-march * frogmouth * frog orchid * frogpond, frog pond * frog pose * The Frog Prince * Frog Prince * frog's-bit * frog's legs * frogspawn, frog spawn * frog spit * frog spittle * frog sticker * frogstool * ghost frog * glass frog * * Kermit the Frog (metathesis: > Kermit the Forg, Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Grof) * The Leap-Frog * leapfrog, leap-frog * leapfrogged, leap-frogged * leapfrogging * leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test * litter frog * male frog test * * marsupial frog * moss frog * * painted frog * parsley frog * poison dart frog * * screeching frog * sedge frog * * shovelnose frog * tailed frog * tongueless frog * tree frog * Tukeit Hill frog * * true frogReferences
See also
* amphibian * * tadpole * toad *Verb
(frogg)Derived terms
* frog stitchEtymology 2
From (m), stereotypical food of the French. Compare , from (m), corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.Antonyms
* (French person) (l)References
*Etymology 3
.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(frogg)Etymology 4
Supposedly from sounding similar to "rip it".Verb
(frogg)chicken
English
(wikipedia chicken) (Gallus gallus) (Gallus gallus)Noun
- "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken ."
- Stella is no chicken .
- Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.