different between foxling vs oxling

English

From fox +? -ling.

foxling (plural foxlings)

A little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.
- 1837, The Idler, and breakfast-table companion:
  The tender foxling, not arrived at the maturity of slyness, who never tasted chicken of his own stealing, shall take him without a ruffle of his plumage — only by pronouncing its dingy brown to be rich crimson.
- 1904, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, New Outlook:
  The foxling made himself thoroughly at home. Seizing on a huge turkey's foot from the Sprite's larder, he dragged it into a dark corner, where he growled over it quite horribly.

From ox +? -ling.

oxling (plural oxlings)

A small, young, or miniature ox.
- 2003, Nick Nicholas, George Baloglou, An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds:
  Well! Had you no shame, you miserable beast, to let such an affront get past your lips? Where you outdo me, I have no idea; for I'm as fit as you for any task, you poor, ill-fated, nonsense-talking oxling.

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