Differentiating Between Dove And Pigeon In Chinese 鸽子 is used interchangeably for both dove and pigeon.

How to differentiate between the both of them in Chinese?

Even 白鸽 which I would totally imagine would mean dove, both ABC and KEY just define it as:


  pigeon


Any ideas?
I think most people distingish them these way:  

Pigeon - 鸽子 - larger in size and not necessary white


Dove - 白鸽 - smaller in size and mostly white


Although some may disagree as these 2 terms are interchangable in most situation / definition.