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Hogget vs Hogger - What's the difference?

hogget | hogger |

As nouns the difference between hogget and hogger

is that hogget is (chiefly|uk|nz) a young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth) while hogger is agent noun of hog; one who, or that which, hogs.

hogget

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, UK, NZ) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
  • (chiefly, UK, NZ) The meat of a hogget (sheep).
  • (chiefly, UK) A young boar of the second year.

    • External links

    * (Webster 1913)

    hogger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of hog; one who, or that which, hogs.
  • * 1994 , James J Wilhelm, Ezra Pound: The Tragic Years, 1925-1972
    • Against these heroes are the puritans, the hoggers of profit, the shysters, the obfuscators, the do-nothings.
  • A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette
  • (curling) A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play
    • English agent nouns