What's the difference between boy and kid?

Boy


Definition:

  • (n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.
  • (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All the twins were born in years 1973-1987, the total number was 2,226 boys and 2,302 girls.
  • (2) The study examined the sustained effects of methylphenidate on reading performance in a sample of 42 boys, aged 8 to 11, with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • (3) As many girls as boys receive primary and secondary education, maternal mortality is lower and the birth rate is falling .
  • (4) We report the treatment of 44 boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) at a mean chronological age of 14.3 years (range, 12.4-17.1) and bone age of 12.1 years (range, 9.1-15.0).
  • (5) This study examined the effects of cultural factors on perception of 15 boys and 21 girls in Nigeria.
  • (6) She said that even as she approached the gates, she was debating with the boy’s father whether to let the first-grader enter.
  • (7) The patient, a 12 year-old boy, showed a soft white yellowish mycotic excrescence with clear borders which had followed the introduction of a small piece of straw into the cornea.
  • (8) As calls grew to establish why nobody stepped in to save Daniel, it was also revealed that the boy's headteacher – who saw him scavenging for scraps – has not been disciplined and has been put in charge of a bigger school.
  • (9) Why is it so surprising to people that a boy like Chol, just out of conflict, has thought through the needs of his country in such a detailed way?” While Beah’s zeal is laudable, the situation in South Sudan is dire .
  • (10) With baseline measures and body mass index controlled for, analyses of covariance showed that adults had greater systolic blood pressure responses than did children; men had greater blood pressure responses to all stressors than did women; and high school boys had greater systolic blood pressure responses than did high school girls.
  • (11) The authors present a boy with a sudden onset a large intracranial hematoma causing rapid neurologic deterioration.
  • (12) Following an encephalopathic illness, a 13-year-old Chinese boy had a partial form of Klüver-Bucy syndrome with emotional disturbance, recent memory loss, hypersexuality, and polyphagia.
  • (13) In girls and boys, the mean concentration of both gonadotropins increased with advancing puberty.
  • (14) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
  • (15) I’ve been at United ever since I was a little boy and I had a great time there.
  • (16) Again, the boys in care that he abused now speak to us as broken adults.
  • (17) Mal’s age alone was enough to earn him a significant amount of street cred in our misfit group of teenage boys, yet it was his history of extreme violence that ensured his approval rating was sky high.
  • (18) Boys performed better than girls, and older children were more accurate than younger ones.
  • (19) The crus has been elongation 8 cm by Ilizarov method in 9 years old boy and 5 cm elongation of the tibia has been achieved with the use of Bastiani method in 8 years old girl.
  • (20) The boy also said Waqar would call him names including “paedo”.

Kid


Definition:

  • (n.) A young goat.
  • (n.) A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
  • (n.) A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
  • (n.) Gloves made of kid.
  • (n.) A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
  • (v. i.) To bring forth a young goat.
  • (n.) A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
  • (p. p.) of Kythe.
  • (v. t.) See Kiddy, v. t.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I felt a much stronger connection with the kids on my home block, who I rode bikes with nightly.
  • (2) Another, discussing public attitudes towards the police, said: "I've lost count of [the number of] people who said: 'It's only cos you've got a uniform … if you didn't have the uniform on, I'd come and fuck you and this, that and the other … I hope your wife dies of cancer and your kids die of cancer.'"
  • (3) His wrists were shown wrapped in tape with “MIKE BROWN” and “MY KIDS MATTER” written on them.
  • (4) Serum copper concentration also was measured in dams and kids in a control herd that had no history of ataxia.
  • (5) Reality set in once you got home to your parents and the regular neighborhood kids, and your thoughts turned to new notebooks for the school year and whether you got prettier while you were away and whether your crushes were going to notice.
  • (6) ‘Many of our kids become radicalized at some point’ – that’s what the government wants to hear, that’s what these folks want to hear.
  • (7) But I think this isn’t a problem only kids face – we’ve become a country of trashy readers.
  • (8) Now, people observe and see if the kids are OK. Based on that, they come around.” Growing acceptance came too late for 15-year-old Musu Allieu, whose parents both died of Ebola.
  • (9) That’s why when I heard from a family of 11 from my Walthamstow constituency whose holiday to LA had had to be abandoned, my first thought was for their kids.
  • (10) "I think that we've got to treat our kids well, but I don't think we ought to say there's no place ever for smacks.
  • (11) That’s why many parents in North Korea have started bribing government officers even before their kids graduate high school.
  • (12) My dream is that one day, young kids in Nepal won’t have to risk working on the mountain as porters or guides, they will be able to get an education and build better lives for themselves,” Sherpa told AFP.
  • (13) A s I watched Camila Batmanghelidjh being mobbed by the small crowd demonstrating about the closure of Kids Company outside Downing Street last week, it struck me that she was more like a character out of children’s book than a real person.
  • (14) This study addresses the use and appraisal of services by parents at the KIDS Family Centre, Camden, London, which offers a variety of family-focused services with differing degrees of parental involvement.
  • (15) Or perhaps it was just because I was a little kid and more interested in them Weetabix skinheads, Roland Rat and Knight Rider.
  • (16) My chief of staff, for instance, had two kids that were still in school.
  • (17) Behaving like the oldest kid on the block is just one of the things that Larry Clark's detractors hold against him.
  • (18) Kid can play #sb47 @ lengeldavid @ gdnussports February 4, 2013 No doubt about it.
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Our political leaders can’t bear to face the truth’: Camila Batmanghelidjh spoke to the Guardian’s Patrick Butler in July “So you can understand that I am taken aback by allegations which now present themselves, about which I knew nothing.” Kids Company, set up by the charismatic Batmanghelidjh in 1996, was known to have the firm support of David Cameron for its work on gang violence and disadvantaged children.
  • (20) So the kids then went and pulled out the computer, plugged in the modem and they found it on YouTube.

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