Pork or Swine
Swine: originally meant just "young pig" until the 16th century—the word in Old and Middle English for the animal was swine.
Swine: the collective term for domesticated pigs and hogs;
Hog: a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, while a pig is immature and weighs less.
So, pork and swine? the domestic hog, Sus scrofa. Also swine is a coarse, gross, or rutishly sensual person, a contemptible person. Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus).
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