The difference between Chicken and Rooster

Chicken as a noun (countable):

A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.

Chicken as a noun (uncountable):

The meat from this bird eaten as food.

Chicken as a noun (countable, slang):

A coward.

Chicken as a noun (countable, slang):

A young or inexperienced person.

Chicken as a noun (countable, Polari):

A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare .

Chicken as a noun:

The game of dare. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser.)

Chicken as a noun:

A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

Chicken as an adjective (informal):

Cowardly.

Chicken as a verb (intransitive):

To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Chicken as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, _, or, _, obsolete):

Rooster as a noun (US, Kent, Australia, NZ):

A male domestic chicken () or other gallinaceous bird.

Rooster as a noun:

A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.

Rooster as a noun (figuratively, obsolete, _, slang):

An informer.

Rooster as a noun (figuratively, obsolete, _, slang):

A violent or disorderly person.

Rooster as a noun (figuratively):

A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.

Rooster as a noun (figuratively, originally, _, US, _, slang, now, _, chiefly, _, NZ):

A man.

Rooster as a noun (regional, _, US, historical):

A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.

Rooster as a noun (obsolete, _, US, _, slang):

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