A Hog:
A hog is a domestic swine especially weighing more than 120 pounds 54 kilograms. Hogs referred to grown up pigs.
A pig:
A pig is an omnivorous hoofed animal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat. Pig has a snout for a nose, small eyes, and a small tail which may be curly, kinked or straight. It has a thick body short legs and a coarse hair. They have tremendous sense of smell. Pigs are much more tolerant of cold than heat.
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) | A domesticated pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. | An omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat. |
| Synonyms | Swine, glutton, hogget, bison, epicure | Dog, sloven, cow, buffalo, porker, devour |
| Antonyms | Interest, dividend, loyalist, piece, quota | Flora, vegetable, vegetation, cat, boar |
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| Word origin | The word hog was originated from Late Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’. | The word pig was originated from Middle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs). |
| Colour | Hogs are always pink in color. | Pigs are of many colours. |
| Size | Hogs are larger. | Pigs are usually small. |
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