What's the difference between cockfighting and gamecock?

Cockfighting


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
  • (a.) Addicted to cockfighting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Animal fighting We’ve dramatically strengthened the nation’s legal framework against dogfighting and cockfighting , but additional fortifications are needed.
  • (2) Those with tickets to a bare-knuckle, cockfight massacre of an innocent were cheated.
  • (3) How much respect do we see in the conduct of national debates – on the economy, on Europe, and in the cockfight that is parliament?
  • (4) Our goal is to see cockfighting elevated to the same level in the few states that still penalize it as a misdemeanor.
  • (5) McConnell eventually won by 25 percentage points after a bitter and hard-fought contest, which included Bevin being embroiled in a cockfighting scandal.

Gamecock


Definition:

  • (n.) The male game fowl.

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