This mightbe real stupid, but is there adifferencebetween ahog and a boar? Is it sometime regional like abag vsa sack, or a soda vs a pop?

Kind of the same but different.. basically the difference between a bull and a cow... kind of like the song says ..... almond joy's got nuts ...Mounds don't !

A hog is a hog.A boar is an adult male hog.A sow is an adult female hog.

Just like turkeys are turkeys,but The adult male is a Tom,and the adult female is a hen.Hope that helps.

Boar is just the term used to describe the sex of hog.

I can sometimes get sloppy and refer to the species wild boar as simply boar. But thats just because Im lazy.

Is hog a eqvivalent of pig?

All pigs are hogs. the term "pig" means a young hog or swine, usually under two months or 60 pounds . hog refers to older members of the swine fraternity. A hog producer would probably produce swine for slaughterf and up to slaughter weight. and hAVE THE BREEDING HERD ETC ETC.

Thanks. If a pig is < 2 month or< 60 lbs, is a piglet a new born?

SWINE (porcine)
Swine - commonly used to identify any member of the porcine family
Pig - most often used in reference to young animals
Hog - nearing market weight or finished for market, male or female
Barrow - castrated male
Gilt - young female that has never produced offspring
Boar - grown male with testicles
Sow - grown female that has produced offspring
Piglet - baby pig
"Shoat" - commonly used to identify pigs between 50 and 100 pounds

Thanks- thathelps alot.