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duck vs duckling

duckling vs duck

duck and duckling both are nouns.

duck is a verb but duckling is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
duck Yes No Yes No
duckling Yes No No No
As nouns, duckling is a hyponym of duck; that is, duckling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than duck:
  • duck: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
  • duckling: young duck
Other hyponyms of duck include drake, quack-quack, diving duck, dabbler, dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, mallard, Anas rubripes, black duck, teal, Anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon, Anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler, shoveller, Anas acuta, pin-tailed duck, pintail, sheldrake, Oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck, Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela clangula, goldeneye, whistler, Aythya valisineria, canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya ferina, pochard, Aythya americana, redhead, bluebill, broadbill, scaup, scaup duck, wild duck, Aix sponsa, summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon, Aix galericulata, mandarin duck, Cairina moschata, muscovy duck, musk duck, sea duck.
As nouns, duckling is a hyponym of duck; that is, duckling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than duck:
  • duck: flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
  • duckling: flesh of a young domestic duck
duck (noun) duckling (noun)
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs young duck
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents flesh of a young domestic duck
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
duck (verb) duckling (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
submerge or plunge suddenly
dip into a liquid
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