Chicken vs. Duck — 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.

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.

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

A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

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

A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

Cowardly

An amphibious transport vehicle

Withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve

A quick lowering of the head.

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

Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)

Any of various similar or related birds.

A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

The flesh of the chicken, used as food.

A batsman's score of nought

(Slang) A coward.

Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen

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

Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

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

Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

Afraid; cowardly.

Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.

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

A female duck.

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

The flesh of a duck used as food.

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

(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.

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

Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.

A coward.

A quick lowering of the head or body.

A young or inexperienced person.

A plunge under water.

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

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

The game of dare.

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

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).

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

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

A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.

 A kilogram of cocaine.

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something

Plural of chick

To evade; dodge

(informal) Cowardly.

To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.

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

In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

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

To lower the head or body.

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

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen

The flesh of a chicken used for food

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

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

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out

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

In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

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

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Easily frightened

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

(intransitive) To bow.

(transitive) To evade doing something.

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.

(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Synonym of lame duck

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

A faggot; a meatball made from offal.

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

A pet; a darling.

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Submerge or plunge suddenly

Dip into a liquid;

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);