pigling

[AirbusA321]

What are the differences between these terms?
pigling
sucking-pig
suckling pig
unweaned piglet

 

[SoothingDave]

I've never seen the word "pigling" used. They are "piglets."

 

[Skrej]

A 'suckling pig' is usually used in culinary contexts to refer to a pig harvested while still weaning for its tender flesh. The idea is similar to the difference between 'veal' and 'beef' in cattle.

A 'piglet' could refer to one which is weaned or unweaned. 'Weaners' are the weaned pigs ready to be fattened out with solid food, where they one day may become 'weiners'. ;-)

 

[AirbusA321]

Acoording to these pages, "pigling" does exist:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pigling
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pigling
http://www.linguee.de/englisch-deutsch/uebersetzung/pigling.html

 

[probus]

I've never seen the word "pigling" used. They are "piglets."

Piglet is the usage that I consider standard too. But my wife, a native speaker born and raised in India, always says pigling. Many online dictionaries recognize pigling, so I think it is correct, although very much a minority usage.

 

[Tdol]

I haven't come across pigling in BrE, though some British dictionaries do include it: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pigling

 

[andrewg927]

Perhaps, someone thinks they have ducklings so why not piglings?

 

[Rover_KE]

... and maybe they keep ducklets with their piglets.

 

[Tdol]

I think it's a nice word. And after thinking about it for a while, I have come across it in BrE in Beatrix Potter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Pigling_Bland

 

[SoothingDave]

"Pigling" is harder to say.