turkey vs fowl
fowl vs turkeyturkey and fowl both are nouns.
turkey is not a verb while fowl is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| turkey | Yes | No | No | No |
| fowl | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
fowl is a hypernym of
turkey; that is, fowl is a
word with a broader meaning than turkey:
- turkey: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- fowl: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
Other hypernyms of turkey include
domestic fowl, poultry.
| turkey (noun) | fowl (noun) |
|---|---|
| large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl |
| an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food |
| flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted | |
| a person who does something thoughtless or annoying |
| turkey (verb) | fowl (verb) |
|---|---|
| hunt fowl in the forest | |
| hunt fowl |
Words related to "turkey"
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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