fowl vs turkey
turkey vs fowlfowl and turkey both are nouns.
fowl is a verb but turkey is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fowl | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| turkey | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
turkey is a hyponym of
fowl; that is, turkey 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
- turkey: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Other hyponyms of fowl include
Dorking, Plymouth Rock, Cornish, Cornish fowl, Rock Cornish, game fowl, cochin, cochin china, chicken, Gallus gallus, bantam, Meleagris gallopavo, guinea, guinea fowl, Numida meleagris.
| fowl (noun) | turkey (noun) |
|---|---|
| a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food |
| the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food | an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual |
| flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted | |
| a person who does something thoughtless or annoying |
| fowl (verb) | turkey (verb) |
|---|---|
| hunt fowl in the forest | |
| hunt fowl |
Words related to "fowl"
- Cornish
- Cornish fowl
- Dorking
- Gallus
- Gallus gallus
- Meleagris gallopavo
- Numida meleagris
- Plymouth Rock
- Rock Cornish
- bantam
- bird
- chicken
- cochin
- cochin china
- dark meat
- domestic fowl
- drumstick
- fowler
- gallinacean
- gallinaceous bird
- game fowl
- genus Gallus
- giblet
- giblets
- grouse
- guinea
- guinea fowl
- hunt
- hunt down
- meat
- oyster
- parson's nose
- pope's nose
- poultry
- run
- saddle
- second joint
- thigh
- track down
- turkey
- wildfowl
- wing
- wishbone
- wishing bone
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