The difference between Chump and Pigeon

When used as nouns, chump means an incompetent person, a blockhead, whereas pigeon means one of several birds of the family columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

Pigeon is also verb with the meaning: to deceive with a confidence game.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chump and Pigeon

  1. Chump as a noun (colloquial, pejorative):

    An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

    Examples:

    "That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground."

  2. Chump as a noun:

    A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

    Examples:

    "It shouldn't be hard to put one over on ''that'' chump."

  3. Chump as a noun:

    The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

  1. Chump as a verb:

  1. Pigeon as a noun:

    One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

  2. Pigeon as a noun (slang):

    A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

  3. Pigeon as a noun (slang):

    Concern or responsibility (often in some such phrase as: "it's his pigeon", "it's her pigeon", etc.).

  1. Pigeon as a verb (transitive):

    to deceive with a confidence game

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