Chicken vs. Crocodile — What's the Difference?

A domesticated fowl raised for its meat and eggs.

An animal that requires significant conservation efforts.

The meat from this bird, often used in cooking.

Known for their tough skin, which is valued in luxury fashion.

In games, an individual who shows reluctance to participate in risky challenges.

A creature often found in myths and legends, symbolizing danger and power.

A simple, farmyard animal kept by people across the globe.

Used metaphorically to describe someone who is deceptively emotional.

A term used colloquially to describe someone as fearful or timid.

A large predatory reptile with a long, V-shaped snout.

A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one

Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term crocodile is sometimes used even more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae), and all other living and fossil Crocodylomorpha.

Cowardly

Any of various large aquatic reptiles of the family Crocodylidae that are native to tropical and subtropical regions and have thick, armorlike skin and long tapering jaws.

Withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve

A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator, caiman, or gharial.

A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.

Leather made from crocodile skin.

Any of various similar or related birds.

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

The flesh of the chicken, used as food.

A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.

(Slang) A coward.

(logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.

(intransitive) To speak one's native language at an Esperanto-language gathering, rather than Esperanto.

Vulgar Slang A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (Crocodilus vulgaris, or Crocodilus Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (Crocodilus Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.

Afraid; cowardly.

A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve

Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters

(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

(archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.

A coward.

A young or inexperienced person.

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

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).

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

 A kilogram of cocaine.

Plural of chick

(informal) Cowardly.

(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken.

The flesh of a chicken used for food

A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

Easily frightened

Chickens are considered to have a moderate level of intelligence among birds.

Crocodiles can be very dangerous due to their size and predatory nature.

Crocodiles can live for several decades, often over 70 years in the wild.

Crocodiles are carnivores, primarily eating fish, birds, mammals, and occasionally other reptiles.

While chickens can survive in the wild, they are predominantly domesticated animals.

Crocodiles can run up to 11 miles per hour over short distances on land.

Chickens are primarily raised for their meat and eggs.

Some species of crocodile are endangered due to habitat loss, poaching, and pollution.

Chickens prefer safe, enclosed spaces like coops or fenced areas to protect against predators.

Chickens communicate through a variety of vocalizations to signal danger, food, or social status.