small fry vs poster child

poster child vs small fry

small fry and poster child both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
small fry	Yes	No	No	No
poster child	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, poster child is a hyponym of small fry; that is, poster child is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than small fry:

small fry: a young person of either sex
poster child: a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes

Other hyponyms of small fry include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

small fry (noun)	poster child (noun)
someone who is small and insignificant	a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes
a young person of either sex

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