fowl vs chicken

chicken vs fowl

fowl and chicken both are nouns.

fowl is not an adjective while chicken is an adjective.

fowl is a verb but chicken is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fowl	Yes	No	Yes	No
chicken	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, chicken is a hyponym of fowl; that is, chicken is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fowl:

fowl: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
chicken: a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

Other hyponyms of fowl include Dorking, Plymouth Rock, Cornish, Cornish fowl, Rock Cornish, game fowl, cochin, cochin china, Gallus gallus, bantam, Meleagris gallopavo, turkey, guinea, guinea fowl, Numida meleagris.

fowl (noun)	chicken (noun)
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl	a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food	a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
	the flesh of a chicken used for food
	a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

fowl (adjective)	chicken (adjective)
	easily frightened

fowl (verb)	chicken (verb)
hunt fowl in the forest
hunt fowl

Difference between fowl and chicken

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