Several different words in English identify different types of pigs:
- Boar - An adult male pig
- Sow - An adult female pig
- Piglet/farrow - A juvenile pig
- Shoat - A young pig between 100 to 180 lb (50 to 90 kg)
- Gilt - An immature female pig
- Barrow - A castrated male pig
- Hog - a domestic or wild adult swine, especially one raised for slaughter because they fatten quickly; in its original sense it means a castrated boar.
- Swine - Synonym for "pigs" (plural)