Hatchling vs Chick - What's the difference?
hatchling | chick |
A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.
:The hatchling''' alligator had just broken out of its shell but was already trying to follow its mother, who hunted '''hatchling birds.
A young bird.
A young chicken.
(slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
* {{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.}}
As nouns the difference between hatchling and chick
is that hatchling is a newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg while chick is a young bird.As a verb chick is
to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.hatchling
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(en noun)chick
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Noun
(en noun)- Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by