definition cock vs cockerel?

[kayri]

Is there a difference between a cock and a cockerel? I saw different weights for the two definitions.

 

[speckledhen]

Cockerel is under a year old, cock over a year old and fully mature.

 

[Davaroo]

Oddly, in England, I guess they refer to them interchangeably.
My boss is English, albeit an English version of a hillbilly - he's from the area called North Umbria.
When he saw my desktop pic on the computer at work, he blurted out,

"Oh, look, what a spankin' cockerel. He's brilliant!"

It was a pic of a raging, firey-eyed rooster someone had posted on BYC.
Maybe we need Helena to sort this one out for us.

 

[kayri]

Thanks Speckled Hen, Your definition makes sense as the breed description had different weights for the two names.