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small fry vs yearling

yearling vs small fry

small fry and yearling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
small fry Yes No No No
yearling Yes No No No
As nouns, yearling is a hyponym of small fry; that is, yearling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than small fry:
  • small fry: a young person of either sex
  • yearling: a young child who is just beginning to walk
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, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, urchin, street child, waif.
small fry (noun) yearling (noun)
someone who is small and insignificant an animal in its second year
a young person of either sex a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
a young child who is just beginning to walk
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