Oink vs Dog - What's the difference?
oink | dog |
Representing the sound made by a pig.
Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig ).
* 1982 , Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny?
* 2003 , Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America
* 2005 , Alinka Zyrmont, Forbidden Passion
The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
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In lang=en terms the difference between oink and dog
is that oink is of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound while dog is to follow in an annoying way, to constantly be affected by.As nouns the difference between oink and dog
is that oink is the sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof while dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.As verbs the difference between oink and dog
is that oink is of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound while dog is to pursue with the intent to catch.As an interjection oink
is representing the sound made by a pig.oink
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink , oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.
- "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink , oink!"
- You are such a male chauvinist oink , oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.
Noun
(en noun)- The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks .
Synonyms
* gruntVerb
(en verb)- The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.
