weakling vs chicken

weakling and chicken both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weakling	Yes	No	No	No
chicken	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, chicken is a hyponym of weakling; that is, chicken is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weakling:

Other hyponyms of weakling include namby-pamby, softie, softy, crybaby, wimp.

weakling (noun)	chicken (noun)
a person who is physically weak and ineffectual	a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
	a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
	the flesh of a chicken used for food
	a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

weakling (adjective)	chicken (adjective)
	easily frightened