Girl vs. Chick — What's the Difference?

A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a woman.

A young bird, especially one newly hatched

A female child.

A young woman

A daughter

(in South Asia) a folding bamboo screen for a doorway.

Often Offensive A woman.

A young chicken.

A woman socializing with a group of women

One of the young of any bird.

Used as a familiar form of address to express support of or camaraderie with a woman.

A child.

(Informal) A female sweetheart

Often Offensive A girl or young woman.

(Offensive) A female servant or employee.

A young bird.

A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.

A young chicken.

A young female animal.

A young child.

A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.

A young, typically attractive, woman or teenage girl.

A female servant; a maid. see usage notes

A friendly fighter aircraft.

A queen (the playing card).

A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.

(colloquial) A term of endearment. see usage notes

(obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

One's girlfriend.

To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

One's daughter.

To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.

A roebuck two years old.

A chicken.

Cocaine, especially in powder form.

A child or young person; - a term of endearment.

A female (tree, gene, etc).

A young woman; - often considered offensive.

(derogatory) A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.

Young bird especially of domestic fowl

(transitive) To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.

Informal terms for a (young) woman

To staff with or as a girl or girls.

A young person of either sex; a child.

A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.

A female servant; a maidservant.

A roebuck two years old.

A young woman;

A youthful female person;

A female human offspring;

A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved;

A friendly informal reference to a grown woman;