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porker vs pig

pig vs porker

porker and pig both are nouns.

porker is not a verb while pig is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
porker Yes No No No
pig Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pig is a hypernym of porker; that is, pig is a word with a broader meaning than porker:
  • porker: a pig fattened to provide meat
  • pig: domestic swine
Other hypernyms of porker include grunter, hog, squealer, Sus scrofa.
porker (noun) pig (noun)
a pig fattened to provide meat domestic swine
a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
a coarse obnoxious person
porker (verb) pig (verb)
give birth to (piglets)
eat greedily
live like a pig, in squalor
Difference between porker and pig

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