Chicken vs. Seal — 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 device or material that is used to close off or fasten an opening or connection, especially to prevent the escape of a liquid or gas

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

An airtight closure

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

Something, such as a piece of tape, that is placed on a product or package to show that the contents have not been tampered with.

Cowardly

The water in the trap of a drain that prevents sewer gas from escaping into a room.

Withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve

A design used to identify a person or thing or to show that something is authentic, accurate, or of good quality

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

A small decorative paper sticker.

Any of various similar or related birds.

A die or signet having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression on a receptive substance such as wax or lead.

The flesh of the chicken, used as food.

The impression so made.

(Slang) A coward.

The design or emblem itself, belonging exclusively to the user

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

A small disk or wafer of wax, lead, or paper bearing such an imprint and affixed to a document to prove authenticity or to secure it.

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

An indication or symbol regarded as guaranteeing or authenticating something

Afraid; cowardly.

Any of various aquatic carnivorous mammals of the families Phocidae and Otariidae, found chiefly in cold regions and having a sleek torpedo-shaped body and limbs that are modified into paddlelike flippers.

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

The pelt or fur of one of these animals, especially a fur seal.

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

Leather made from the hide of one of these animals.

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

To close or fasten with a seal

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

To prevent (a liquid or gas) from escaping

A coward.

To cover, secure, or fill up (an opening)

A young or inexperienced person.

To apply a waterproof coating to

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

To secure or prevent passage into and out of (an area). Often used with off

The game of dare.

To affix a seal to (something) in order to prove authenticity, accuracy, or quality.

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).

To establish or determine irrevocably

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

Mormon Church To make (a marriage, for example) eternally binding; solemnize forever.

 A kilogram of cocaine.

To hunt seals.

Plural of chick

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

(informal) Cowardly.

(heraldry) A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.

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

A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.

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

An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.

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

A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.

The flesh of a chicken used for food

Anything that secures or authenticates.

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

Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.

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

(figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.

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

Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.

Easily frightened

A tight closure, secure against leakage.

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(intransitive) To hunt seals.

(transitive) To place a seal on (a document).

To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.

(transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.

(transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).

(transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.

(transitive) To place in a sealed container.

To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.

(transitive) To guarantee.

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.

To close by means of a seal.

(Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

(Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.

To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.

(dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ.

An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.

That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.

An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.

To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.

To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.

To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.

Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

To affix one's seal, or a seal.

Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

The pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal;

A member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare;

A stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it);

An indication of approved or superior status

A finishing coat applied to exclude moisture

Fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

Any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

Close with or as if with a seal;

Make tight; secure against leakage;

Decide irrevocably;

Affix a seal to;

Cover with varnish

Hunt seals