like what is a pig and what is a hog?
2006-10-15 11:02:11 · 13 answers · asked by Green means go ;] 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Specifically, a pig is a young swine that is not yet mature, but the term has come to be used for all wild or domestic swine. A hog is a swine weighing more than 120 pounds, but this term also is applied generally to all swine.
2006-10-15 11:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are different orders within the same family and genus of mammals. A domesticated hog is male. A male pig is a boar; female-sow.
If you're talking about people, I would say a pig is a gluttonous person and a hog would be a way over-the-top glutton!!
2006-10-15 18:20:54 · answer #2 · answered by Oenophile... (Lynn) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hog is the slang term for pig
2006-10-15 18:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by LVieau 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hog: a domestic swine especially when weighing more than 120 pounds (54 kilograms); broadly : any of various wild and domestic swine
Pig: a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature; broadly : a wild or domestic swine b : an animal related to or resembling the pig
2006-10-15 18:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by txgirl_2_98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hog is a male pig
2006-10-16 02:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pig is a domesticated animal with a long, broad snout and a thick, fat body covered with course bristles; a swine and
A hog is especially a castrated boar or fullgrown pig raised for its meat.
2006-10-15 18:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a hog is more like a wild pig, like a boar.
2006-10-15 18:04:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hog is a full grown (year-old or older) pig, usually one that has been castrated.
2006-10-15 18:11:10 · answer #8 · answered by Beckee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pig is a young hog.
2006-10-15 18:04:33 · answer #9 · answered by watashi_56081 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SOW is a female pig. Hog is the BORE, the male.
If you talk about humans............MEN are pigs. :-)
2006-10-15 18:11:04 · answer #10 · answered by peggin_beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋