Chicken vs. Cockerel — What's the Difference?

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), a subspecies of the red junglefowl, is a type of domesticated fowl, originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and younger male may be called a cockerel.

A young domestic cock.

A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one

A young rooster.

A game in which the first person to lose their nerve and withdraw from a dangerous situation is the loser

A young male chicken.

Cowardly

A young cock.

Withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve

A young domestic cock; not older than one year

A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.

Any of various similar or related birds.

The flesh of the chicken, used as food.

(Slang) A coward.

Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.

Vulgar Slang A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.

Afraid; cowardly.

To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve

(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

(archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.

A coward.

A young or inexperienced person.

A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

The game of dare.

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 (that is, the loser).

A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

 A kilogram of cocaine.

Plural of chick

(informal) Cowardly.

(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken.

The flesh of a chicken used for food

A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

Easily frightened