The difference between Scaredy-cat and Sook

When used as nouns, scaredy-cat means a coward, whereas sook means familiar name for a calf.


Sook is also interjection with the meaning: a call for calves.

check bellow for the other definitions of Scaredy-cat and Sook

  1. Scaredy-cat as a noun:

    A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.

  1. Sook as a verb:

  1. Sook as a noun (Scotland, rare):

    Familiar name for a calf.

  2. Sook as a noun (US, _, dialectal):

    Familiar name for a cow.

  3. Sook as a noun (Newfoundland):

    A cow or sheep.

  4. Sook as a noun (Australia, New Zealand):

    A poddy calf.

  1. Sook as a noun (Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, derogatory):

    A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.

    Examples:

    "Don′t be such a sook''."

  2. Sook as a noun (Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang):

    A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.

    Examples:

    "I was so upset that I went home and had a sook about it."

  1. Sook as a noun:

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  1. Sook as a noun (US, Eastern Shore of Maryland):

    A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.

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